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sDNA Metabarcoding: Opening the Doors to Understanding Carnivore Diets

Understanding carnivore diets, especially in Namibia where multiple large carnivores have overlapping niches, is important for conservation efforts and management. Analyzing a predator’s diet allows us to understand the roles they play in an ecosystem, how much they potentially Read more

Big birds with even bigger personalities

Updated: Jan 16, 2023

The Kori bustard, Ardeotis kori, and the Secretarybird, Sagittarius serpentarius, are the world’s heaviest flying bird and the world’s tallest raptor respectively. Although the two are in different families, both are mostly terrestrial Read more

Animal husbandry, herding & livestock movements in the northern periphery of Etosha National Park

Villages in rural Africa are multifunctional and play important ecosystem services in providing space for grazing, crop cultivation, rainwater absorption and carbon cycles. They also provide habitats for a diversity of wildlife especially the ones which are close to Read more

Ongava’s social spiders and Gabar goshawks

Although Gabar Goshawks are the commonest birds of prey (or raptor) on Ongava, finding their nests is not that easy. And each time we find one, questions get raised about their nesting habits. Like most small raptors, their nests Read more

Waterholes in a semi-arid environment

Sources of water and hubs for interaction between pathogens, hosts, vectors, predators, prey, plants and people

Aside from perennial rivers along certain international borders, the only permanent sources of water in Namibia a hundred years ago were in springs, Read more