The Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have announced that, in the build-up to the fifth annual MPA Day on Friday, 1 August, easy-to-read maps of South Africa`s MPAs have been released to help anglers and ...

New research shows strict marine protections reduce illegal fishing. Satellites and AI help enforce the rules.

Virtually the entire coastal zone of South Africa (95%) has been leased out by the state for oil and gas exploration. How can a goal of 30% Marine Protected Areas align with 95% of the ocean under ...

“The frilled or silver nudibranch Leminda millecra is found only on the South and East coast of South Africa and has produced compounds that fight oesophagal cancer. Sponges from Sodwana, the ...

In the province of KwaZulu-Natal, there are Mazizini and Mabasa forests, regarded as sacred by local communities. In the Free ...

A global study tracking nearly 13,000 individual marine animals has uncovered a sharp disconnect between where these animals ...

When South Africa’s Gumbi community got their land back 45 years after the apartheid government took it, they set up a ...

CapeNature's relentless fight against biodiversity crime reveals the alarming threats to South Africa's unique ecosystems and ...

Biodiversity crime, including illegal plant trade and poaching, poses a significant threat to South Africa's unique ...

On a hot October afternoon near the largest oil and gas port in the Philippines, the roar of a nearby natural gas tanker ...

Early ocean encounters can spark a lasting sense of wonder – and a deeper recognition – to help reframe ocean conservation as not just a coastal issue, but a continental one.