Climate change impacts on South Africa’s coastal and estuarine fishes
Climate change that is linked to the build-up of greenhouse gases and aerosols in the atmosphere has led to increases in the earth’s surface temperatures over the last 50 years.
Are fog-driven ecosystems being driven out
The extraordinary biodiversity of this area, both in terms of numbers of endemics and in terms of unexpectedly high species numbers for such an arid region, could disappear along with the fog, leaving the land almost barren. Can this be?
Can an alien invasion doom our inland fisheries?
A team of researchers from the South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB), a Research Facility of the NRF, recently studied how invasive freshwater crayfish can affect the inland fisheries and native species.
International Women’s Day – 8 March 2022
NRF-SAASTA’s New Managing Director is Working Towards a Science-Literate South Africa
It’s been a little over three months since Dr Mamoeletsi Mosia began her journey spearheading the South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (NRF-SAASTA) as its Managing Director.
Warthogs and the spread of bovine tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is not just a human disease. Cattle also contract a similar type of bacteria, called bovine tuberculosis. Evidence suggests that it can be transmitted from cattle to humans as well as wildlife and vice versa.
Unwary birds make for an easy meal
What happens when a top predator species’ survival is being threatened due to lack of effective conservation? A possible extinction of multiple species? Decreased diversity in the ecosystem? A system that is out of balance? Or all of the above?
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