Spotted cats on a full moon night

August full moon nocturnal monitoring was filled with sightings of our most secretive big cat. It started with 2 leopards were observed mating. Corne Cocklin managed to get a few pictures of the male and when we compared his Read more

Mapping roads can be fun too!

A seasoned scientist once told me: ‘Everything starts with a good map‘. And that’s entirely true. Wildlife researchers struggle to interpret information without a firm spatial context, such as roads, waterholes and boundaries for instance. As the Read more

Elephant heat map

Updated: Dec 17, 2021

To maintain a stable core body temperature, mammals need to regulate heat stress effectively. This is essential as many body functions are controlled by heat-sensitive enzymes. For elephants, the specially large ears act as a Read more