The Pelican Challenge on the West Coast
The near-threatened Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) is arguably the largest fish-eating seabird endemic to the South African West Coast. I...
Second Call for Papers and Registration for the 2008 Scientific Services Network Meeting
The 6th Annual Science Network meeting will be held in Skukuza, Kruger National Park (KNP) from 21 to 25 April 2008. Registration will take place on S...
Competition in the Mopane Veld
Guin Zambatis The Mopane tree with its distinctive “Butterfly” shaped leaves is a principle food source for many insects and animals. Over...
Celebrate SANParks Week this month!
This year, the theme for SANParks Week is “Know Your National Parks” with the main objectives of the week being: to create awareness; inst...
Canadian Girl Sets Example for Youngsters Across the Globe
Nine-year old Lola Douglas of Toronto, Canada was so inspired by what she heard about conservation in South Africa that she collected R900 to donate t...
Draft Indaba Programme 2008
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WCNP announces free entry during SANParks Week 12-16 September 2011
The theme this year for SANParks Week is “Know your National Parks” and West Coast National Park is inviting all South Africans to take a ...
A landscape of colour at Tankwa National Park – free during SANParks Week
The theme this year for SANParks Week is “Know your National Parks” and Tankwa National Park is inviting all South Africans to take the op...
Sable and Roan Antelope Do Well in Limpopo National Park
by Michele Hofmeyr In February 2007 a special data logging collar (which records the daily movements of the animal using GPS co-ordinates) was fitted ...
Last Chance to Enter the 2007 Emerging Tuskers Competition
The 2006 Kruger National Park (KNP) Emerging Tuskers Competition attracted more than 180 individual entries and has identified eight new emerging tusk...
Tutu & De Klerk add their support to Mandela’s mountain of hope: Table Mountain
This flat-topped wonder has already been voted one of the final 28 sites for the New 7 Wonders of Nature campaign, a contest which aims to attract mor...
Free access into National Parks during SANParks Week 12 – 16 September 2011
This year, the theme for SANParks Week is “Know Your National Parks” with the main objectives of the week being: to create awareness; inst...
Media Release: KNP gears up for SANParks Week Celebrations
Above all, South African Citizens will have free access to the park for the five days of the celebration i.e. 12-16 September 2011. The heart of this ...
Summer Biodiversity Surveys Underway in KNP
by Michele Hofmeyr Some welcome rain and the high temperatures mean that summer has arrived at full swing in the Lowveld. During this hot season, an i...
Media Release: Nominations for SANParks 2011 Kudu Awards are open
In its seventh year, this brand has grown to a successful and critical milestone on the South African National Parks (SANParks) annual events calendar...