Fires have raged in Cape Town and Table Mountain, in particular, for what feels like the longest time. But why does it happen so often?

Setting sail from Plymouth, UK, in August 2023, Oosterschelde, as part of the DARWIN200 mission, embarked on an extraordinary two-year planetary conservation mission, retracing Charles Darwin's ...

Table Mountain is also home to the unique fynbos biome, a diverse and fire-adapted ecosystem. This fynbos vegetation has evolved to depend on periodic fires for regeneration; some plants require ...

Guests went on a sensory journey to discover the delicate balance of South Africa's famed Fynbos botanicals ... distilling with her love for the local biome, driving Inverroche to reconnect ...

Hundreds of ancient fynbos species could regrow and restore a former pine plantation on Cape Town’s Table Mountain, but only ...

Karen Joan Esler receives funding from the Centre for Invasion Biology, the Water Research Commission and Anglo American (Anglo American Nature Positive Grant). Tony Rebelo received funding from ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Fynbos seeds in South Africa's underground seed banks, dating back over 130 years, remain viable and can germinate if the land is restored. These seed banks ...

Underground seed banks in South Africa that date back over 130 years have been found to contain fynbos seeds that are alive. These seed banks are natural storage areas in the soil where certain ...

Shroff trainee Fynbos, piloted by P. Trevor, claimed the Forbes Breeders’ Juvenile Fillies’ Championship, the two main attractions of Sunday’s (Mar. 16) evening races here. Jockey Antony Raj ...