Articles for Sarah Wild
Top SA environmental research centre faces funding crisis
National Research Foundation is cutting back money for South Africa’s Centres of Excellence
By Sarah Wild
News | 7 October 2020
Plants are being given Zulu names. Here’s why it’s important
Naming invasive species will help to destroy them, says conservationist
By Sarah Wild
Science | 24 August 2020
Cloud computing to help save Cape’s unique fynbos
SA team won a Google Earth grant to protect precious floral kingdom
Text by Sarah Wild. Photos by Jasper Slingsby.
Science | 28 July 2020
Do poorer communities have fewer plant and animal species?
A new study confirms that the “luxury effect” is real
By Sarah Wild
Science | 23 June 2020
The Cape’s plants are dying out – and local authorities need citizens’ help
Study shows 40 species have gone extinct since 1900
By Sarah Wild
News | 19 June 2019
How you can help save the Karoo
South Africa’s National Biodiversity Institute is calling on nature lovers to help it save the Karoo — with science
By Sarah Wild
News | 25 April 2017
SA researchers develop tool to detect HIV drug resistance
Paradoxically, it might be more useful in the United States than here
By Sarah Wild
News | 23 February 2016
SA vaccines get a shot in the arm
The $20-million partnership between pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and South Africa's Biovac Institute was “the beginning of the establishment of vaccine manufacturing capabilities on the continent”, science and technology minister Naledi Pandor told GroundUp.
Sarah Wild
News | 4 November 2015
New technology to help diagnose hearing disability
Software developed by University of Pretoria researchers could bring cheaper hearing tests to South Africa's rural areas. The hearScreen technology, which has been patented and is in the process of being licensed, can turn any smartphone into an audiometer to test people's hearing.
Sarah Wild
News | 13 October 2015