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Cape Town battles to save urban forests from tree-killing Vietnamese beetles

Our Burning Planet

Cape Town battles to save urban forests from tree-killing Vietnamese beetles

By Kristin Engel

Tiny but seemingly invincible beetle has killed thousands of trees across SA, millions more at risk

Our Burning Planet

Tiny but seemingly invincible beetle has killed thousands of trees across SA, millions more at risk

By Kristin Engel

Alien invaders: The hidden threat to South Africa’s food, water and wild places

South Africa

Alien invaders: The hidden threat to South Africa’s food, water and wild places

By Tony Carnie

Apocalypse Miaow II: ‘Keep cats inside property’, SANParks urges Capetonians

South Africa

Apocalypse Miaow II: ‘Keep cats inside property’, SANParks urges Capetonians

By Tiara Walters

‘200,000-plus’ wild animals slaughtered in Table Mountain National Park by Cape Town cats each year

South Africa

‘200,000-plus’ wild animals slaughtered in Table Mountain National Park by Cape Town cats each year

By Tiara Walters