South Africa 26 October 2026, 19:30 via Daily Maverick

ANCIENT ECOSYSTEMS: Grass is far more than the lawn you lounge on

We mow it flat, evict the wildflowers and congratulate ourselves. Craig Morris would like a word about our obsession with tidiness and the extraordinary world we keep cutting short.

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