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 ...

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 Greater Cape Floristic ...

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 ...

The United Nations recognizes portions of South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region as a World Heritage ... Plant diversity is particularly high here—the region is home to more than 9,600 native species, ...

Thirty percent of the plants in South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region are found nowhere else ... Table Mountain National Park boasts more plant species than all of New Zealand, so hiking ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"These species lose their last options if we ... These include the Caribbean, the Tropical Andes, Cape Floristic region of South Africa, Southwest Australia, the Atlantic forests of Brazil ...