Stéphanie Périquet
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,...
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Update from the field
Rubén Portas
- May 31
- 2 min
Ringing in a new collaboration
On May 7th, an inaugural bird-ringing session took place at the Ongava Game Reserve. The session was organized by the ORC and led by...
Rebecca Dannock
- May 24
- 3 min
If two heads are better than one, then two field sites are absolutely better than one
I’m back in Namibia for 2023’s Bio-Indicator Project sampling. But this time, along with Ongava, I’ve also spent a couple of weeks at...
Saskia Borger
- May 10
- 2 min
All big things start small
During my time at the Ongava Research Centre (ORC) this year, I worked in the lab analysing biological samples from elephants. The lab is...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Mar 20
- 1 min
Talking about our spotted cats at the Global Leopard Conference
The Global Leopard Conference took place from the 13 to 17th of March 2023. This was one of a kind virtual event fully dedicated to one...
ORC Team
- Mar 14
- 1 min
Our team is expanding: Meet Frowin Becker!
ORC recently recruited Namibian researcher Frowin Becker as Scientist and Liaison Officer. Frowin is an avian ecologist with an eclectic...
ORC collaborator
- Mar 13
- 4 min
Long-term vegetation monitoring infrastructure at Ongava
The SECO project aims to increase our understanding of carbon fluxes across dry tropical vegetation. Globally, savannas, woodlands and...
Maddie Melton
- Feb 24
- 3 min
Monitoring wildlife crossing the fence between Etosha and the surrounding human landscape
As the global human population increases, the competition for space and resources results in increased human-wildlife interactions from...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Feb 20
- 4 min
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...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Feb 13
- 1 min
ORC students stealing the show at the Warnell Graduate Student Symposium!
It is customary for Universities to organise symposium where students present their projects and results, the Warnell School of Forestry...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Feb 6
- 2 min
A camera trap grid runs through it: surveying Etosha wildlife large scale and long term!
One of the many challenges that wildlife biologists and managers face is to know how many animals occur in a given area, how they...
Jessy Patterson
- Jan 25
- 2 min
sDNA Metabarcoding: Opening the Doors to Understanding Carnivore Diets
Understanding carnivore diets, especially in Namibia where multiple large carnivores have overlapping niches, is important for...
Josephine Amwaalwa
- Jan 9
- 2 min
Big birds with even bigger personalities
The Kori bustard, Ardeotis kori, and the Secretarybird, Sagittarius serpentarius, are the world’s heaviest flying bird and the world’s...
Dipanjan Naha
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
Animal husbandry, herding & livestock movements in the northern periphery of Etosha National Park
Villages in rural Africa are multifunctional and play important ecosystem services in providing space for grazing, crop cultivation,...
John Mendelsohn
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
Ongava’s social spiders and Gabar goshawks
Although Gabar Goshawks are the commonest birds of prey (or raptor) on Ongava, finding their nests is not that easy. And each time we...
John Mendelsohn
- Nov 21, 2022
- 2 min
Waterholes in a semi-arid environment
Sources of water and hubs for interaction between pathogens, hosts, vectors, predators, prey, plants and people Aside from perennial...
ORC Student
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
Identifying potential corridors and conservation areas for lions and elephants in northern Namibia
Hello, I am Corsa Liu, a recent graduate of the Technical University of Munich. In 2021 and 2022, I had the opportunity to work on my...
John Mendelsohn
- Nov 7, 2022
- 4 min
Seeds for a new generation of conservationists and scientists
Environmental science and conservation are life-long pursuits to understand and conserve the living world. Both vocations are built on...
ORC Team
- Nov 2, 2022
- 1 min
The end of an era at ORC
Now comes the time for ORC to close a chapter. At the end of October, we had to say goodbye to John Mendelshon as he retires from being...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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