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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/Biodiversity/BirdPix/Citizen Science/LepiMAP/OdonataMAp/Virtual Museum

The Virtual Museum

Posted on 07/06/2021 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

The Virtual Museum (populatrly known as the VM) provides the platform for citizen scientists to contribute to biodiversity research and mapping projects. This i...

Archive/Biodiversity/BirdPix/Citizen Science/News/Virtual Museum

Valuable, Vulnerable Vultures

Posted on 17/10/2019 by Willem van der Merwe and Megan Loftie-Eaton

There are two groups of vultures in the world.  The Old World vultures, with 16 species occurring in Africa, Europe and Asia; and the New World vultures with se...

Archive/Biodiversity/BirdPix/Citizen Science/News/Virtual Museum

The Boom of The Bushveld!

Posted on 30/09/2019 by Willem van der Merwe

Southern Ground Hornbills Bucorvus leadbeateri are large birds, sometimes weighing more than 6 kg and standing about a meter tall on tiptoe. With their glossy b...

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Rabbits at The Riverside

Posted on 08/09/2019 by Willem van der Merwe

When people think of threatened species, they tend to think of big and “spectacular” species like whales, tigers, rhinos, or pandas. It is true that...

Biodiversity Observations

Water, birds, and biodiversity

Posted on 05/09/2018 by admin

Fincham J, Mbewu S and Hobbs J. 2018. Water, birds, and biodiversity – key elements of education. Biodiversity Observations 9.6:1-19 Biodiversity Observat...

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