Updated: Dec 17, 2021

Coming in different shapes and colours, termite mount are a common sight when driving around on Ongava. For the unsuspecting observer, they might belong to many different species, but upon close inspection, their inhabitants rather Read more

Say Hello to Eremoides bicristatus, one of southern Africa’s owl-flies. We picked it up at the ORC research campus on Ongava Game Reserve one early morning in late August. Little did we know whom we had found. After Read more

Several features of Black-winged Kite come from their specialisation on rodent prey which typically fluctuate widely in abundance from season to season, and from place to place. One feature is the ability to breed more than once, and at Read more

One thing biologists often curse is the lack of historical data, especially information recorded methodically on when certain events take place: When last were so many guineafowl chicks produced, how many years since the last major fire or heavy Read more

You probably have quite often heard that Namibia is a very dry place. Indeed, some parts of the country are ones of the driest on the planet and Ongava receives on average 380mm of rain each year. But Namibia’s Read more