A new species of velvet worm, Peripatopsis barnardi, represents the first ever species from the arid Karoo, which indicates that the area was likely historically more forested than at present. In the ...
In March 2022, Rohan Barnard was on a farm in the Swartberg Mountains, between Calitzdorp and Oudtshoorn, flipping over rocks searching for ants, reptiles and other critters, when he stumbled upon the ...