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Peripatopsis barnardi represents the first ever species from the Little Karoo, which indicates that the area was historically more forested than at present. It is one of seven new species from the Cape Fold Mountains described in a paper published in Ecology and Evolution. Image: Savel Daniels

Living ‘fossil’ found: Rare velvet worm species named after teenage explorer

A high school pupil’s nature walk led to a major scientific discovery

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Inserting the hummingbird skull into a flower (the flower has already exploded). Bruce Anderson

SA and Brazilian scientists uncover competitive pollen removal in flowers

Pollen catapult mechanism in white mulberries can exceed 170 metres per second, making it the fastest known movement in the plant and animal kingdom

  • Des Erasmus
2 min read