Greater Etosha Carnivore Programme in full swing: collaring lions in Etosha

Updated: Nov 10, 2022 Capture and collaring exercises are always exciting, but they are even more special in the early stages of our Greater …

Powering up! VARTA sponsorship for our camera traps

If you have been following this space, you are most probably aware that we use camera traps a lot. And by a lot, I mean that our camera trap …

ORC scientists act as the editorial team for the Namibian Journal of Environment

Updated: Mar 28, 2022 This is actually old news we haven’t shared with you yet. A year ago, ORC’s research team of ( Ken Stratford, John …

Termite sampling across Namibia

Dr Barbara van Asch and Christi Greyling (MSc student) from the Genetics Department of Stellenbosch University visited Ongava Research Centre in …

A novel genetic group of Macrotermes termites in Ongava

Macrotermes termites have a symbiotic relationship with Basidiomycetes fungi and play important ecological roles as soil conditioners in Africa and…