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

Updated: Nov 10, 2022

Sometimes we come upon curious things while working in the field. It happened a few weeks

ago when we noticed strange looking spherical shapes made of mud next to a hole in the middle of Read more

Wildlife produces a lot of sound. From insects to mammals, including fish and birds, auditory communication –signals emitted through the acoustic channel – is widespread in the animal kingdom. Bioacoustics studies aim to unravel the mystery of the sounds Read more

All living organisms go through stages of growth and reproduction. The emperor moth does its growing and reproducing in remarkable ways. The egg hatches into a caterpillar in the summer in southern Africa, developing into a strong worm, hungry Read more

Updated: Jan 21, 2022

Every year after the first significant rains, we are witnesses to one of Nature’s fantastic shows: the flight of termites. This is the time when alates (individuals with wings) leave their colonies to mate and Read more