Authorities in Cape Town, South Africa, have released an updated baboon action plan aimed at reducing conflict between people ...

A letter by the Wildlife Animal Protection Forum of South Africa to the Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team highlights several critical issues with the task team’s approach, including ...

A recent study finds that a group of caracals in South Africa has become regular seabird hunters, including eating endangered Cape cormorants and African penguins. The dietary shift is the result of ...

An action plan to minimise the amount of time baboons spend in human-dominated environments and prevent further habituation has been agreed to by authorities in the Western Cape. Under the tough new ...

Professor M Justin O’Riain is Director of the Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa at the University of Cape Town. He has supervised six PhDs and eight master’s degrees on the Peninsula ...

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology has indefinitely shut down all its campuses and ceased educational activities amid “violent” student protests. The university made the announcement on ...

In May 2022, the City of Cape Town (COCT) launched the Living Alongside Wildlife Charter (WildCT), a progressive initiative promising to protect urban wildlife and reduce “human-wildlife conflict”.

The peninsula’s alluring mix of space, scenery and proximity to Cape Town has long attracted a free-spirited mix of artists, hippies, surfers, expats and creative professionals. Driving down South ...

A long-term research project on the Cape York Peninsula is returning unusual insights and incredible photographs of the little-known palm cockatoo SCREECH, SQUAWK, SMACK! I couldn’t believe my eyes. I ...

Much of the coastal area south of Simonstown in the Cape Peninsula was out of bounds and you could not go there without a permit. This was because of the large number of British ships that passed by.