Whale Coast Conservation News

The tumbler channel for Whale Coast Conservation

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Giraffe

Although the giraffe did not make it into the top famous five of the bush, it’s a serious contender for inclusion in the top six.

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Resurrection Plants

How will the world – and Africa in particular – feed its increasing population in the era of climate change? July 2023 has officially been declared the hottest July in the recorded history of the world.

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Beetlemania

Do you remember those large black and yellow beetles that descended on your fruit trees and roses every summer? Of course you do. As children we had lots of fun with them.

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Stromatolites

One of the unanswered existential questions is how life on earth started. It’s probably one of the most significant and intriguing mysteries in science.

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Newsletter - August 08

The quest for food security Thursday 17 August @17h30| Darwin’s journey of discovery

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Dark Winged Fungus Gnat

Die muggies kom van buite En vrek dan teen die ruite…

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Darwin At The Cape of Good Hope

Charles Darwin visited the Cape of Good Hope in mid-1836 towards the end of the five-year, round-the-world voyage of the HMS Beagle.

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The Dandy Dandelion

When I was a child, a very long time ago, my family visited my paternal grandmother at her beach house in the southern Cape every summer.

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A tough Nut to Crack

It is widely recognized that South Africa, especially the fynbos region, is being overrun by invasive alien vegetation from Australia.

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Good Night

Cimex lectularius creep into dark, warm hiding places where they can shun the light of day. They are light to reddish-brown, flat, oval, 4-5 mm long and 2mm wide, but pack a punch well above their tiny size.

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Saving Our Seabirds

The recent breaching of the Klein River Estuary was quite dramatic as the water level was high and there was a tremendous pressure of water that flowed out into the sea.

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The Leopard Tortoise

It seems that people tend to name animals by their spots, if they have them; Leopard toad, Leopard tortoise.

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Newsletter - July 07

Talk by Mike Bruton: 20 July at 17h30| Wetland education| Expos on Fynbos

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Hawston Primary - Fynbos Ecology Expo Report

WCC was happy that Hawston Primary could give us the time during their busy schedule preparing for June exams to talk to the Grade 6 learners about fynbos.

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Mount Pleasant Primary - Fynbos Ecology Expo Report

Members of the WCC schools education team visited Mt Pleasant Primary with their expo on fynbos.

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Die Bron - Wetlands Expo Report

The two Grade 5 classes, a total of 53, at Die Bron Primary School came to visit our five exhibits on wetlands.

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Newsletter - June 06

No public talk in June| Restoring Frank’s Forest | What did we learn about Marion Island?WCC hosted AVI delegation at Masakhane

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