Hot from the press: Our carnivore work in the Greater Etosha Landscape

You can now head to the Conservation Namibia magazine webpage to have a read about the work we are conducting with our collaborators on carnivores in the Greater Etosha Landscape:

https://conservationnamibia.com/articles/etosha-carnivore-programme.php

Thank you to the Namibian Chamber of Environment Read more

A visit from Dartmouth College

At ORC, our mission extends beyond our daily work in the field and our commitment to research and conservation. It includes a dedication to sharing our experiences and knowledge with the next generation, igniting the spark of curiosity and Read more

Life as an intern at the Ongava Research Centre

Hello everyone! I am Rhys, a wildlife sciences undergraduate student at the University of Georgia, USA working in Dr. Jim Beasley’s lab, and I got to spend 3 amazing months as an intern at the Ongava Research Centre. During Read more

To cross or not to cross? The effects of fences around Etosha on large carnivore movement.

Fencing represents one of the most common linear infrastructures in the world and is used for a variety of reasons, including wildlife management.  In particular, fencing is widely used to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts, reducing the risk of disease transmission Read more

Counting giraffes at waterholes: which method to choose?

If you have been reading previous blogs, I am sure that by now, you are familiar with the fact that ecologists like to count things, especially animals! And wildlife managers like doing that even more than we do, maybe Read more