BUFFALO, N.Y. — Scientists from the U.S. and South Africa are launching a campaign to map marine, freshwater, and terrestrial species and ecosystems in one of Earth’s biodiversity hotspots: the ...

South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) says that the new orchid species has been discovered in the Kogelberg Mountains of the Cape Floristic Region. The plant, named Satyrium ...

Cape Town - A biodiversity research project has been launched to help scientists better understand the Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR ... and threatened species, with it being one of ...

While the genus is taxonomically relatively well-understood, new species continue to be discovered in outlying or less accessible parts of the Greater Cape Floristic Region. For now, this ...

The Venus and the Ayoba Peach pincushion protea, two of the dozens of species farmed in South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region.Credit...Photograph by Esther Choi. Set design by Suzy Kim Supported ...

Ayesha Hargey, Rachel Meyer, and Madeline Slimp observed plants in the South African Cape Floristic Region ... Unlike traditional methods of monitoring species’ presence in a region, which require ...

The Cape Flats is a botanical hotspot with a rich tapestry of flora and fauna, and one of the highest concentrations of ...

Cutting-edge research will focus on the Greater Cape Floristic Region, which is home to thousands of plant species unique to the area This content is restricted to subscribers only. Our commitment ...

Some 680 species, many of them found nowhere else, occur in the Cape Floristic Region – a centre of unparalleled diversity for the genus and home to one of the world’s richest floras.

"I had a basic knowledge of the Cape ... species. Credit: Savel Daniels "The origin of these forest patches can be traced to the early Miocene, about 23 to 15 million years ago, when the region ...