Chris Mattison / Flowering mesem / Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum) Cederberg Mountains, Clanwilliam, South Africa, October.

Chris Mattison / Herald / Red-lipped Snake (Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia). Near Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa, October.

Tony Phelps / Black spitting cobra (Naja nigricincta woodi) Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Spring flowers in old crop fields, Clanwilliam, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Heelwalker, a new order of insects discovered in 2002, thought to be extinct for 45 million years, Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Brinckiella mauerbergerorum), a newly discovered species from fynbos habitat, Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid, a newly discovered, yet unnamed species from fynbos habitat, Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa