is a striking perennial native to South Africa. This plant produces tall spikes of tubular flowers in shades of red, orange, ...

By Leonie Joubert Sometimes words fall hopelessly short. This might explain the silences between the two botanists as their vehicle crunches over a gravelly Richtersveld moonscape, a desert that ...

the Namib in Southern Africa was created more than 55 million years ago. Life is sparse in some areas of the desert but flourishes in others. One plant, the welwitschia is found exclusively in the ...

Growing up in Limpopo, South Africa the daughter of a farmer, I was always aware of the role of plants, which are at the bottom of the food chain, in food security. I have always been acutely ...

A desert native, and high school biology teacher is on a mission to connect her high school students with the beauty and ...