Maverick Life Plant roots mysteriously pulsate and we don’t know why – but finding out could change the way we grow things 4 min 4 By Etienne Farcot
Our Burning Planet Humanity’s relationship with nature needs to be adjusted for rights of natural world to be recognised 3 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
Maverick Life This summer, bring nature to your living space and create a festive garden 7 min 0 By Jean-Marie Uys
Our Burning Planet Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat and produce healthy food in African cities 4 min 0 By Olumuyiwa Adegun
Maverick Citizen Reflections on the benefits of gardening – and it's more than just growing food 4 min 1 By Zukiswa Pikoli
Our Burning Planet A past buried in the Karoo town of Sutherland holds portents for our survival as a species 4 min 1 By Jamie Venter
Maverick Life Humans are going back to the Moon, and beyond – but how will we feed them? 5 min 0 By Kim Johnson, Harvey Millar and Matthew Gilliham
Maverick Life 2022 Nature Conservancy photo contest winners – landscape, plants and fungi 3 min 2 By The Nature Conservancy
Our Burning Planet Do domesticated cattle help or harm Africa’s conservation areas? SA ecologist wins R2.6m grant to find out 4 min 0 By Tony Carnie
Our Burning Planet Villagers take mining firm to court over polluted blue water, toxic to plants and animals 6 min 0 By Pascalinah Kabi
South Africa Plants on the black market: Inside South Africa’s new poaching problem 1 min 0 By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human
Our Burning Planet Sir David Attenborough explores the roots of all life in new BBC series, The Green Planet 4 min 2 By Onke Ngcuka
Maverick Life Uncovering an ancient subterranean society: Are plants using underground fungal networks to ‘communicate’? 11 min 3 By Catherine Del Monte
Maverick Life Aloe there: Getting up close with the ‘plant of immortality’ 5 min 3 By Megan Mackenzie