Featured Research: Sustainability

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Groups of whales in the hundreds astonish experts

Whales off the south-western coast of South Africa are behaving in a new way, prompting experts in the field to ask more questions about these giants. Humpback whales have started to change their normal feeding behaviours, forming never-before-seen supergroups of hundreds of individuals.

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Groups of whales in the hundreds astonish experts

Humpback whales have started to change their normal feeding behaviours, forming never-before-seen supergroups of hundreds of individuals.

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Whales have unique tail markings which are a guide to identification

Whales off the south-western coast of South Africa are behaving in a new way, prompting experts in the field to ask more questions about these giants. Humpback whales have started to change their normal feeding behaviours, forming never-before-seen supergroups of hundreds of individuals.

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Africa has an air pollution problem but lacks the data to tackle it

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently launched BreatheLife, a campaign to make people more aware about the fact that air pollution – which it calls the invisible killer – is a major health and climate risk.

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We need your help to inspire the scientists of tomorrow!

Cape Citizen Science, a project that enlists the help of the public to identify organisms that are killing some of the fynbos species in the Western Cape, has launched a crowd funding campaign to provide youth from a local township with an opportunity to spend a day learning and taking part in sampling activities at a nearby nature reserve.

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Shedding light on animal responses to changing environments

Climate change in southern Africa will have far-reaching effects on the activities and well-being of humans.