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

Gone with the wind: How wind speed affects Bat-eared foxes foraging activities

Not all carnivores are big and dangerous to work with. Some are just furry little things with big ears, wandering around looking for termites and other insects to eat! And when these guys are habituated to the point that Read more

Conservation Status and Red List of the Terrestrial Carnivores of Namibia

Carnivores are a fascinating group of animals on which many books have been written. For some of them, we already know a lot, but for many others even the most basic knowledge of presence or abundance is missing. In Read more

Guiding Bio-indicator collections

It’s no secret, environmental changes are apparent the world over. But what drives these changes is often more secretive. While some change may be due to natural fluctuations, others are due to human presence. With changes often happening over Read more

Namibia’s new Atlas

A new atlas of Namibia was published this year. This is the third geographical profile and atlas of Namibia. The first, the National Atlas of South West Africa (Namibia), was published in 1983. Nineteen years later, in 2002, Read more