Life has been tough for Ongava’s animals and plants during this year’s extraordinary drought, the worst since 1980 and 1981. We expect lots of plants to die, and many animals have doubtless moved elsewhere or remained underground until the Read more

Updated: Jun 15, 2022

There are many challenges associated with managing wild populations within fenced areas. One of the major challenges associated with lion management is population control. Compared to more open systems such as Kruger National Park (NP) Read more

We are often asked what we do on Sundays since we live in the bush far from town. Well, last Sunday someone made that decision for us! Each morning we check for wildlife tracks in the dust surrounding our Read more

Updated: Feb 6, 2023

In these troubled times, we are revisiting ‘historical’ data – our giraffe data from 2016. After identifying the individuals (see previous blog post in November 2019 here), we started to look at which individual Read more

The world’s natural environment is changing rapidly, and in many ways. Although these changes are apparent, their causes and drivers are often more elusive. To understand how and why change happens, scientists collect so-called bioindicators. These are organisms and Read more