The BDI launched its YouTube channel on 2 July. Three months later, the channel contained 61 videos and these videos had had more than 3,000 views. Up to now th...
OdonataMAP is the Odonata Atlas of Africa. OdonataMAP is one of the sections of the Virtual Museum. From September 2020, the project has been hosted jointly by ...
Fanie Rautenbach has worked his way through the LepiMAP records for South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, has identified data gaps, and is challenging us to fill...
The first blog in this series talked a bit about Cecil John Rhodes and his beliefs, which can can be summarized in this quote: “Remember that you are an E...
Cecil John Rhodes, who believed that the English were the best, introduced grey squirrels, from America, to his estate in Cape Town about 1900. This is the stor...
During the lockdown period in South Africa, the Virtual Museum kept going. 4008 records were submitted to BirdPix during 27 March to 23 June 2020. But only 34% ...
LepiMAP aims to atlas not only butterflies, but also moths. Which species of moth was recorded most frequently in LepiMAP during the lockdown period starting 27...
Lockdown April (April 2020) produced a lot of interesting butterfly records for LepiMAP: Two-pip Policeman Coeliades pisistratus, Nomad Dart Andronymus neander ...
The lowdown on progress with LepiMAP (butterflies) in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. Overall species richness. Species richness in past year. When was each...
This is the bluest photo in the whole of BirdPix. And there have been dozens like it since the start of the lockdown in South Africa on Friday 27 March. The the...