Southern Pygmy Toad (Poyntonophrynus vertebralis)
View the above photo record (by Ryan Tippett) in FrogMAP here. Find the Southern Pygmy Toad in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity In...
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Eastern Ghost Frog (Heleophryne orientalis)
View the above photo record (by A. Coetzer) in FrogMAP here. Find the Eastern Ghost Frog in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Infor...
BDInsight – July 2021
During the most recent BDI Citizen Scientist Hour, Les Underhill gave a talk on the current status of OdonataMAP, the Atlas of African Dragonflies and Damselfli...
Biodiversity enthusiast! ….The BDI interviews citizen scientist Lucky Okpanachi Atabo
Please tell us a bit about yourself, your background and what you do: My name is Lucky Okpanachi Atabo. I am a young Nigerian and an active volunteer and advoca...
Garden Ecology: Colonisation and Succession
Good afternoon, naturalists! Time for an update on Operation Feed the Birds, and a few new insights into garden ecology. Let’s begin with the birds. ...
Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus)
Identification Cape Sparrows are small, boldly patterned birds that are sexually dimorphic; in other words, males and females look different to one another. The...
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
The Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus breeds in Europe and Asia. Most move south for the northern winter. Most remain in soutern Europe, some migrate...
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
The Little Egret Egretta garzetta belongs to a large family of birds called the Ardeidae, the herons, the egrets and the bitterns. The herons are, on average, l...
Birds on the coastline of the Western Cape
The focus here is on learning the really common birds you can expect to see on the coastline in the Western Cape. These are the species you are most likely to e...
The Virtual Museum
The Virtual Museum (VM) provides the platform for citizen scientists to contribute to biodiversity projects. This innovative concept was originally developed by...