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How a fire undid decades of conservation and led to the likely extinction of the Brenton blue butterfly

South Africa

How a fire undid decades of conservation and led to the likely extinction of the Brenton blue butterfly

By Kristin Engel

Scientists build first 3D genome of extinct animal using freeze-dried woolly mammoth

Sci-Tech

Scientists build first 3D genome of extinct animal using freeze-dried woolly mammoth

By Elsabé Brits

New discovery – fossilised giant zebra tracks found in South Africa

Our Burning Planet

New discovery – fossilised giant zebra tracks found in South Africa

By Charles Helm

Let abalone go extinct – this might be the radical solution South Africa needs, new report suggests

South Africa

Let abalone go extinct – this might be the radical solution South Africa needs, new report suggests

By Don Pinnock