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Did you know that a sea-star feeds by pushing its stomach out through its mouth and placing it directly over its prey? Or that octopuses are quite clever? Or that Columbus’ crabs are sky blue? These are some of the facts contained in a new marine guide for children by Stellenbosch University marine biologist Dr [...]

A doctoral student in zoology, Bernard Coetzee, came up trumps at the recent Third European Congress of Conservation Biology (ECCB), which was held in Glasgow in Scotland. He won the award for the best oral presentation by a student. It was the first time that a student award for oral presentations was made at the [...]

A Stellenbosch evolutionary geneticist has added his knowledge of Africa’s most ancient mammals to an international study in which the most comprehensive family tree for mammals yet has been compiled. The study, which shows just how different families of mammals relate to one another, was published in the leading academic journal Science. Prof Terry Robinson [...]

Franken van Wyk (22) a third year BCom law student at Stellenbosch University (SU) has died suddenly while out jogging with two friends, Johan Krige en Cornè Schoeman. Franken and his friends were on holiday on a farm on the banks of the Buffeljagsrivier in the Swellendam area. They went jogging at about 12:00 on [...]

Dr Nox Makunga, a medicinal plant biotechnologist, has been named the winner in her category at the annual National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) awards held on Thursday (May 26). The winners were announced at a gala banquet in Gauteng, where Ms Naledi Pandor, the Minister of Science and Technology and official Patron of the [...]

Two researchers of the Stellenbosch University Department of Botany and Zoology in the Faculty of Science, invertebrate zoologist Prof Savel Daniels and medicinal plant biotechnologist Dr Nox Makunga, have been named as finalists in the annual National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) awards. The winners will be announced on May 26 at a gala banquet in Gauteng, [...]