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Roads are causing severe threats to apex predators across the globe

Posted on 01/03/2022 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

Roads are the most widespread form of ecological health and integrity loss. Currently, roads are causing severe conservation threats to apex predators globally,...

Archive/BDInsight/Karoo/Karoo Research Centre/News

BDInsight – February 2022

Posted on 28/02/2022 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

We have lots of exciting news to share with you this month, from the plains of the Karoo to the savannas and woodlands of Limpopo Province. And, we have some gr...

Archive/Biodiversity/Frog Atlas

Tandy’s Sand Frog (Tomopterna tandyi)

Posted on 23/02/2022 by Ryan Tippett

View the above photo record (by Zenobia van Dyk) in FrogMAP here. Find the Tandy’s Sand Frog in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiver...

Archive/Biodiversity/Frog Atlas

Natal Sand Frog (Tomopterna natalensis)

Posted on 23/02/2022 by Ryan Tippett

View the above photo record (by Alicia Culverwell) in FrogMAP here. Find the Natal Sand Frog in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity I...

Archive/Frog Atlas/Virtual Museum

Shovel-footed Squeaker (Arthroleptis stenodactylus)

Posted on 10/01/2022 by Ryan Tippett

Cover photo by Len de Beer. Find the Shovel-footed Squeaker in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Arthro...

Archive/Biodiversity/Citizen Science/News

PHunting Round Three – December 2021

Posted on 24/12/2021 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

The Festive Season is upon us, or is it the Silly Season? All around there is a mad dash in the shops, the queues are long, the smell of fresh hot-cross buns st...

Archive/Biodiversity/Citizen Science/News/Virtual Museum

PHunting Round Two – Results

Posted on 22/12/2021 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

PHunting season is here. No critter is safe. Citizen scientists are out and about, armed with their cameras, ready to Photo Hunt! (Featured image above by Gregg...

Archive/Birds/Data and statistics/News

African Oystercatchers on Robben Island

Posted on 11/11/2021 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

Hot off the press! A new paper, published in Wader Study and authored by Itxaso Quintana, Rio Button and Prof Les Underhill, describes a single-year study of th...

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PHunting Season has begun!

Posted on 29/10/2021 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

PHunting season is here. No critter is safe. Citizen scientists are out and about, armed with their cameras, ready to Photo Hunt! Well done to each and everyone...

Archive/Biodiversity/Frog Atlas/Frogs

Giant Bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus)

Posted on 13/10/2021 by Ryan Tippett

Cover photo by Allison Sharp. Find the Giant Bullfrog in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Pyxicephalidae Identificati...

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