NISC News

International Year of Plant Health Special Issue

Plants are the source of the air we breathe and most of the food we eat, yet we often don’t think about keeping them healthy. This can have devastating results. The United National General Assembly declared...

Linefish Resilience in the Anthropocene - Special Issue

‘Linefish’ is a uniquely South African term used to describe marine fishes that are captured using hook and line. The South African linefishery is a complex socio-ecological system that has a considerable impact on the...

2020 brings changes to IPJP

The Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology (IPJP), lead by new Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Gregory Swer, is now accepting manuscript submissions through ScholarOne, a comprehensive workflow-management system for scholarly journals.  With the world of research constantly moving, ScholarOne Manuscripts...

Southern Ground-Hornbill awarded Bird of the Year

The Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri is considered Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and has been announced the Bird of the Year for 2020. Not only is this bird featured on the cover of Volume...

Celebration: 90 Years of Ostrich

An overview of the history of Ostrich Journal of African Ornithology is featured in Volume 91, Issue 3. The Editorial, written by Editor-in-Chief Dr Alan Lee is focussed on trends and developments that have arisen through the years...