THE CONVERSATION Mosquitoes are the world’s most dangerous animals, but here’s why they shouldn’t all disappear 4 min 1 By Shüné Oliver
ECOLOGICAL THREATS Water, food and conflict — new report warns of climate’s amplifying impact in Africa 3 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
WILD LANDS New ‘wilderness development’ takes shape in the Zulu heartland – Babanango Game Reserve 7 min 2 By Tony Carnie
CLIMATE CRISIS PART TWO OP-ED Forget the deckchairs — we must navigate past the flotsam to avert sinking the climate change struggle 13 min 1 By Jeff Rudin
WEATHER WHIPLASH ‘Devastating’ death of dozens of migrating birds across SA points to coming climate change havoc — experts 6 min 4 By Julia Evans
ROVING REPORTERS To better manage Africa’s rangelands today, learn from the pastoralists of old 6 min 0 By Maxcine Kater
EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY 2022 Humanity is living on borrowed ecological resources, running out of time 3 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
FLYING ELEPHANTS Calves and cows split up as export terms go out the window in sale of pachyderms to the United Arab Emirates 2 min 2 By John Grobler
FLYING ELEPHANTS North West trophy hunting, the ghost and the dodgy deal — how Namibian tuskers got to Middle East zoos 11 min 1 By John Grobler
THE CONVERSATION What does an octopus eat? For a creature with a brain in each arm, whatever’s within reach 1 min 0 By Erin Spencer and Yannis Papastamatiou
BOOK REVIEW Big Pharma, Dirty Lies, Busy Bees and Eco-Activists may be one of the most important SA books published in 2020 3 min 0 By Don Pinnock
THE CONVERSATION Statistical ecology can unlock the power of biodiversity data in Africa 3 min 0 By Henintsoa Onivola Minoarivelo, Francisco Cervantes Peralta and Timothy Kuiper
NATURE’S DEFENDERS Ernst Haeckel: The zoologist whose drawings inspired Art Nouveau 6 min 0 By Don Pinnock
Op-ed Destroying Democracy Part One The crisis of democracy: The importance of reclaiming democracy from neoliberal capitalism and creeping authoritarianism 7 min 1 By Michelle Williams
CHEETAH RELEASE Running for their lives: Speed cats return to southern Mozambique after six decades 3 min 0 By Tony Carnie
NATURAL WORLD Rewilding: conservationists want to let elephants loose in Europe – here’s what could happen 3 min 0 By Harry Wells, Nora Ward and Ramiro D Crego
OUR BURNING PLANET ‘It’s a waste’: Muizenberg residents rubbish wetland restoration effort 4 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
MOUNTAIN OPERA #BringBackKataza: How the Cape went ape over a single baboon 10 min 0 By Rebecca Davis
South Africa Just Google It: The SA web app that could turn ecological research into a safe, cheap desk job 5 min 0 By Marelise Van Der Merwe
