Three suspects appeared in court on Monday on charges of owning specially protected Lanatus Cycads worth R188 000. February 22, 2025. Daleen Naude Less than a minute.

University of Guam graduate student Benjamin Deloso represented Guam at the national conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science July 30 to Aug. 3 in Washington, D.C., and shared ...

Press Release - - Five suspects are appearing in the Kariega Magistrate's Court today, after they were arrested and found in possession of cycads with an estimated value of R1 Million on Friday 08 ...

Cycads, as a group, have been around a long time. The first ones developed around 300 million years ago, roughly 70 million years before the emergence of dinosaurs. At that time, these plants were ...

Cycads are poisonous plants, and different varieties could hold different levels of toxins. If the caterpillars pick the wrong poison, she’s seen them die. How to attract atala to your garden.

Rare cycads can command exorbitant prices from $620 (495 pounds) per cm with some specimens selling for millions of pounds each. The poaching of cycads is a threat to their survival.

There’s an oddity about Natal cycads, according to Westville resident Logan Govender, who has them in his garden. They are rare and expensive but, probably because legislation requires people to ...

They pre-date the Jurassic era, come in hundreds of varieties, and Brad Pitt is said to be a fan. But cycads face a growing threat from land clearing and zealous collectors.

Cycads, said to be the oldest living seed plant, are on the verge of extinction, experts at Lucknow’s Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR ...