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Professor Timm Hoffman wins WWF Living Planet Award for 2020 This year's Living Planet Award was made to Professor Timm Hoffman for his contribution to both conservation and helping the people who are dependent on the land to make a living in some of the driest parts of South Africa. Read more New species of plant discovered in Tokai Park A new species of sedge, the Hidden Veldrush (Schoenus inconspicuus) which is listed as critically endangered, has been discovered in Tokai Park. The plant is currently known from fewer than 10 plants on the planet and has only been collected six... Read more Saving the Clanwilliam Cedar Despite much research and management effort, the iconic Clanwilliam cedar (once Widdringtonia cedarbergensis now sadly W. wallichii) continues the decline it has been in for over the last century or more. Prof Jeremy Midgley, PhD student Joseph... Read more Exploitation changes leopard behaviour with long-term genetic costs Throughout their range leopards are in rapid decline, having disappeared from North Africa, much of the Middle East and Asia. Read more The impact of elephant herbivory in Kruger National Park Most savanna plant species are strong resprouters after damage by fire or elephants; they are highly persistent. This makes it difficult to know how much damage inflicted by elephants, is too much because these plants do not die after even... Read more For information on South Africa s response to COVID-19 please visit the COVID-19 Corona Virus South African Resource Portal. HomeThe Department of Biological Sciences has more than 30 academic and 26 support staff, and trains more than 100 postgraduate, 30 Honours and 500 undergraduate students in fields of terrestrial and marine ecology, evolutionary biology and ecophysiology. UCT Biological Sciences Job Shadowing ProgrammeAre you an aspiring biologist who would you like to know more about what it is like to study and work in the biological sciences?If so, the BioSci Postgraduate Committee would like to invite you take part in our job shadowing programmeRead moreAnimal Evolution and Systematics (AES) Research Translated into African LanguagesSome of the research of the AES group have been translated into African languages for easier access for people who are native speakers of African languages. It is hoped that this translation project will expand beyond the group and beyond the translation of abstracts.Read more

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