Extinction

Half of the 1-million animal and plant species on Earth facing extinction are insects, and their disappearance could be catastrophic for humankind, scientists have said in a “warning to humanity”. “The current insect extinction crisis is…

We created farms, built cities and brought in trees from other regions – all at the expense of plant species which will never be seen again on Earth. This is the harsh reality of what we’ve done to biodiversity in SA, and the harrowing…

By Dave Chambers When JRR Tolkien completed his sketch “Death of Smaug” for The Hobbit in the early 1930s‚ he was illustrating a work of fiction. But it turns out he was being prophetic‚ too. Tolkien‚ born in Bloemfontein in 1892‚ spent…