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All living organisms go through stages of growth and reproduction. The emperor moth does its growing and reproducing in remarkable ways....

The mopane worm (Gonimbrasia belina) is an unusual edible little critter found in parts of southern Africa. Its life cycle is...

Anyone who has ever worked with carnivores knows that this can be a rather smelly business. Whether it involves carcasses or fresh...

Hello! I´m Tomás Azevedo, a veterinary student from Portugal. As of late I have been learning more about wildlife veterinary care, as...

When I came to Ongava in mid-2018 its vegetation was extremely sparse and dry. Little rain fell in the 2018/2019 summer, which led to...

In October 2021, we conducted our annual camera trap monitoring of Ongava's waterholes. For a period of 7 days, we deployed multiple...

The arrival of the rains not only triggers striking changes in the landscape with the vegetation turning from brown yellow to lush green,...

The roof top of the Visitor Centre is the best spot to watch the sunset (or the sunrise if you are a morning person…), so it should come...

As with other protected areas in the world, Etosha National Park in north-western Namibia has similar problems with humans and dangerous...

Every year after the first significant rains, we are witnesses to one of Nature's fantastic shows: the flight of termites. This is the...

During field trips around Ongava, we see some termite mounds surrounded by areas of bare ground, while other mounds have shrubs, trees...

Placing camera traps in unusual places can go one of two way: an interesting find or a great disappointment. Camera traps were placed ...

If you are a large carnivore enthusiast, you probably have heard that they are wide ranging species requiring a lot of space to establish...

Have you ever heard about queleas? Chances are you did hear about these huge flocks of small, red-billed birds destroying crops and being...

In this day and age, plenty of information is available online, thanks to the well-established electronic system. In Namibia, old and...

After a good rainy season in North Central Namibia in 2020, the Ongava Research Centre received an ~ 514mm of rain and the vegetation in...

Hi! I’m Theresa a Wildlife Conservation student from the UK who despite all the madness of the last 18 months was able to come to Ongava...

When we think about the African lion (Panthera leo), we picture a majestic predator from Africa, the king of the savanna. This iconic...

Astonishing bloody battles play out in the nests of several species of eagles, herons, boobies, pelicans and certain other large birds....

This image covers 9.5 km from west to east, and shows a stretch of miombo woodland in eastern Angola. Miombo is the name given to a broad...