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...
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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...
African Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)
The African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini is one of the iconic species of the coastline of the southwestern Africa. There is only one oystercatcher that bree...
Impacts of Rhodes on Biodiversity 3 : Common Starling
This is the third and final blog in this series. The first blog talked about the Eastern Grey Squirrel. The second covered four of the five bird species that Ce...
BDInsight – May 2021
Winter is around the corner here on the southern tip of Africa, in some areas winter has already arrived with a cold bang! We have some great BDI news to warm y...
Myrmeleontidae (Antlions)
This is the description of the Family Myrmeleontidae in the online guide to the Neuroptera (lacewings and antlions) of southern Africa Myrmeleontidae is the lar...
Mantispidae (Mantidflies)
This is the description of the Family Mantispidae in the online guide to the Neuroptera (lacewings and antlions) of southern Africa The record for the above pho...
Nemopteridae (Thread-winged Lacewings, etc)
This is the description of the Family Nemopteridae in the online guide to the Neuroptera (lacewings and antlions) of southern Africa The above photo by Handre B...
Chrysopidae (Green Lacewings)
This is the description of the Family Chrysopidae in the online guide to the Neuroptera (lacewings and antlions) of southern Africa •At least 79 species in the ...