A biodiversity hotspot in a remote part of South Africa has become the hub of an illegal trade in protected plant species, ...

Between 2019 and 2024, South African authorities seized 1.6 million illegally harvested succulents. Conservationists reckon ...

"In South Africa, we know already of seven species that ... It is hard to obtain figures for how many plants are being poached, but the non-governmental organisation Traffic reports that 1.6 ...

Most of the plants in question are a variety known as succulents, named for their ability to hold water and survive in arid climates. Succulent species range in size, shape and colour - some look ...

Every year scientists find an average of 2,500 new plants and 2,500 fungi, and estimates indicate there could be as many as ...