Agulhas Plain News Today

The Agulhas long-billed lark builds nests on the ground in endangered fynbos vegetation. Here’s how it is surviving.

The Agulhas Rest Camp offers serene coastal views from its thatched chalets

‘I’m giving you a hint… I’m being friendly. Stop writing about it in the newspapers because you’re going to cause a gold rush.’

Winemakers and ecologists in South Africa's Western Cape have expressed concerns over a prospecting application that could result in the area being mined for gold, silver and tin.

The proposed drilling area is 10,000 km² in extent and is located offshore roughly between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas, about 60km from the coast at its closest point and 170km at its furthest, in water depths between 700m and 3,200m. The proposed drilling area is 10,000 km² in extent and is l...

Two flowering populations of the Nuwejaars lily has been found on the Agulhas Plain in the Nuwejaars Wetland Special Management Area

A new population of tiny frogs, each no bigger than a thumbnail, has been discovered near the southern tip of Africa in a vast wetland more than four times the size of Paris.

A new subpopulation of the critically endangered Micro Frog (Microbatrachella capensis) has been found in the wetlands in the Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area (NWSMA).