A Rainbow of Landscapes – PART THREE
Today our journey continues onward to the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape midlands. The midlands are mostly undulating, moist grasslands, but there are lovely &#...
Tag: Biodiversity
A Rainbow of Landscapes – PART ONE
Biodiversity can be assessed at several levels. We can look at genetic diversity at species level, we can look at the diversity among different species, or we c...
How to create a species distribution map in the Virtual Museum
Today, we provide the recipe for creating a species distribution map for a butterfly, the Painted Lady Vanessa cardui, directly off the current and live data in...
… participating in a Tropical Biology Association course in Nairobi
It was a great privilege to be part of the team teaching at a course for the Tropical Biology Association in Nairobi during April. The course was called “...
The BDI visits the Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve …
Within an hour of a dusk arrival at what was then known as the Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve (now the Khoisan Karoo Conservancy) … … we had not only b...
Camera Trapping for BioMAPping!
If you enjoy wildlife documentaries or scientific articles, you’ve probably seen photos or video taken by “camera traps.” Remote cameras have been used for year...
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...