South Africa is blessed with an abundance of wildlife from various ecosystems. As the environment around the animals change, due to due global warming, species need to adapt to survive. This leads to occurrences such as migration, increased mortality rates and ultimately, extinction.
As the endangered geometric tortoise becomes more and more endangered, the curlew sandpiper migration process changes to adjust to increased temperatures.
Globally, climate change has changed the patterns of natural development of various species - from the shrinking habitat of the polar bear to the temperature influence on the sex of reptile eggs, these changes will become more pronounced in years to come.
Insects have been referred to as the 'sleeping giants' of climate change because of their ability to move and adapt so quickly to changing c...
You would have to be made of strong stuff to tackle a trip like this: Birds have mastered the art of long-haul travel. Since their ancestors...
The Avian Demography Unit (ADU) at the University of Cape Town has been counting the birds of Langebaan Lagoon for 30 years. When it project...
The penguins of Marion Island face an uncertain future. The ocean currents around Marion ebb and flow to their own unfathomable rhythm. Sout...
The problem with global warming is that when change comes, it will probably be too fast for species to adapt at a genetic level. Many high a...
Where do elephants fit into climate change? A good question - and it's one that the next generation of computer modelling is expected to ans...
Different factors come into play in the gradients or differences of temperature in reptile eggs and the resultant sex of those eggs. If more...
On a private conservancy outside of Cape Town, South Africa, Dr Brian Henen studied the last few remaining generations of the endangered geo...