Marathon surgery by UP vets breathes new life into white rhino

Posted on May 21, 2025

A UP veterinary team gave four-year-old white rhino Houdini a breath of life after performing fully invasive surgery

UP scientists home in on gene that could play pivotal role in diet-induced obesity

Posted on May 14, 2025

Researchers at UP may have identified the gene that is responsible for diet-related obesity.

‘Youth led into a life of crime can be led out of it’ – UP master’s grad explores the benefits of pastoral care

Posted on May 09, 2025

Thabang Motale from Soweto will be graduating from UP with a master’s degree in Practical Theology

Shipping container farms - How UP is revolutionising mushroom growing in SA

Posted on May 08, 2025

Research by UP is helping South African producers find new ways to grow white button mushrooms sustainably

UP’s Prof Patricia Forbes named Editor-in-Chief of international journal ‘ACS Earth and Space Chemistry’

Posted on May 07, 2025

Professor Patricia Forbes of UP' s Department of Chemistry has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the ACS Earth and Space Chemistry journal.

Eau de Sapiens

Posted on May 05, 2025

Imagine if we could drastically improve the control of malaria

UP EXPERT OPINION: ‘It’s not vets alone who are saving rhinos’ – UP wildlife vet on the collective effort to counter poaching

Posted on May 01, 2025

There are five rhino species in the world, two of which occur in Africa.

UP EXPERT OPINION: From promise to peril: Reimagining the end of malaria amid a funding crisis

Posted on April 25, 2025

World Malaria Day is commemorated every year on 25 April