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Desert rain frogs threatened with extinction in southern Africa
By Victoria Schneider The survival of a unique frog species that lives in the coastal sand dunes of South Africa and Namibia ...
A study reveals how the introduction of Australian acacias in the mid-1800s to stabilize dunes has resulted in significant ...
The desert rain frog, native to a narrow coastal strip of south-west Africa, has been classified as vulnerable on the IUCN red list, as its habitat is threatened by mining ...
A squeaky frog that became an internet sensation is added to a global list of species at risk of extinction.
Southern Africa's iconic desert rain frog has been listed as vulnerable as mining and climate change threaten its fragile ...
Across South Africa, an environmental crisis began with a plan over a century ago. By bringing in fast-growing trees from ...
South Africa's Cape south coast offers many hints about how our human ancestors lived some 35,000 to 400,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. These clues are captured in the dunes they once ...
Climate change is likely to “activate” sand dunes across Southern Africa, with potentially disastrous consequences, report researchers in the journal Nature. As the Kalahari desert gets hotter and ...
If you have walked on a dune surface after windy conditions have settled, you may have been privileged to recognize one of Nature's wonders: scratch circles. These are structures formed when the end ...
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