… and now for something a little bit different … BOPping birds … Birds with Odd Plumage
Since it started in March 2012, 450 records have been uploaded to the BOP section of the Virtual Museum. BOP stands for Birds with Odd Plumage. The BOP lo...
Category: Virtual Museum
Viva Virtual Museum! Let’s get BioMAPping…
What is the Virtual Museum? When people hear the word “museum” they often think of a building filled with dusty display cases and stuffed animals. B...
The town in South Africa with the most Virtual Museum records per inhabitant is Daniëlskuil
We asked citizen scientist Altha Liebenberg to select a few of the Virtual Museum records which had given her the greatest pleasure in submitting during 2018. A...
Marvelous moths are a massive challenge: a selection from the Virtual Museum in 2018
Birds are simple. So are dragonflies. If you are looking for one of life’s tougher challenges then volunteer to help with the identification of the moths ...
BestYear by 21%: There were 93,482 Virtual Museum records in 2018
The Virtual Museum had its BestYear ever in 2018, by a margin of 21%. The total for 2018 was 93,482 records. The totals for 2017 and 2016 were 75,408 and 73,104...
Cape Dwarf Chameleon: A poor documentation of a local extinction
Note added on 4 October 2026 to a blog written on 4 January 2019 In the seven years since this blog was written, I have not found a Cape Dwarf Chameleon in this...
Calvinia BioBash: Citizen Science in the Hantam
The Hantam is the general area north of Calvinia in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It’s an arid area, and poorly covered in biodiversity surveys. C...