Jessy Patterson
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...
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Blog & News
Update from the field
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...
ORC collaborator
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
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...
ORC Team
- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min
What we have been missing but the cameras haven’t! Annual camera trap waterhole monitoring
September was that time of the year again… What time?? Well, annual waterhole monitoring of course!! As those who have been following us...
ORC Intern
- Oct 11, 2022
- 2 min
The Elephants Versus The Bush: Photopoints help to reveal forgotten landscapes
The Okaukuejo Waterhole is arguably Etosha’s most famous landmark. Its desolate landscape and memorable bare white rocks have been the...
John Mendelsohn
- Sep 29, 2022
- 2 min
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...
ORC collaborator
- Sep 26, 2022
- 2 min
Mammals and their microbes: Unraveling the gut microbiome of Etosha's herbivores
Working with animal scat may not be the most glamorous way of studying African mammals, but thanks to advancements in molecular...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Sep 22, 2022
- 2 min
At home or passing through? What do we know about leopards on Ongava
Leopards are top of the wish list of animals to see on safaris, and Ongava Game Reserve is no exception. While the reserve seems to have...
Dipanjan Naha
- Sep 8, 2022
- 2 min
Carnivore, livestock and humans- Living along the edge of Etosha National Park
Human-wildlife conflicts at the interface of protected areas and farmlands are a common problem worldwide. The conflicts are severe when...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Aug 22, 2022
- 2 min
Life & death on a roll: dung beetles and honey badgers
Sometimes we come upon curious things while working in the field. It happened a few weeks ago when we noticed strange looking spherical...
John Mendelsohn
- Jul 21, 2022
- 3 min
The Cuando (aka Kwando): a river in its own right!
International convention holds that a river should have one name along its entire course, which is normally the name given at its source....
Stéphanie Périquet
- Jul 15, 2022
- 3 min
Africa’s drylands in a changing world
In June 2019, a symposium was held at Mokuti Lodge, just outside the Von Lindquist gate in eastern Etosha. At that time, the park was...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Jul 4, 2022
- 1 min
Greater Etosha Carnivore Programme in full swing: collaring lions in Etosha
Lion collaring in Etosha
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