ORC Team
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...
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Blog & News
Update from the field
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...
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...
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...
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
Stéphanie Périquet
- Jun 3, 2022
- 1 min
Powering up! VARTA sponsorship for our camera traps
If you have been following this space, you are most probably aware that we use camera traps a lot. And by a lot, I mean that our camera...
ORC collaborator
- May 9, 2022
- 1 min
Termite sampling across Namibia
Dr Barbara van Asch and Christi Greyling (MSc student) from the Genetics Department of Stellenbosch University visited Ongava Research...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Mar 22, 2022
- 1 min
ORC scientists act as the editorial team for the Namibian Journal of Environment
This is actually old news we haven’t shared with you yet. A year ago, ORC’s research team of ( Ken Stratford, John Mendelsohn, Florian...
ORC Student
- Feb 9, 2022
- 2 min
A novel genetic group of Macrotermes termites in Ongava
Macrotermes termites have a symbiotic relationship with Basidiomycetes fungi and play important ecological roles as soil conditioners in...
William Versfeld
- Nov 10, 2021
- 1 min
Genetic constitution and genetic structure of lion populations in northern Namibia
African lions are estimated to occur in only 12.5 % of their historical range, with the result that many of their populations are...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Oct 12, 2021
- 2 min
Of teeth and claws
Taking stock of carnivore research in the Greater Etosha Landscape The Greater Etosha Landscape (GEL) is host to a wide diversity of...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Jun 24, 2021
- 2 min
Queen takes King: dynamic interactions between spotted hyaenas and lions.
Spotted hyaenas have been traditionally thought to be only a lowly scavenger, stealing from lion kills and being subordinate to them. But...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Feb 28, 2020
- 1 min
How many giraffe live on Ongava?
Obtaining reliable estimate for wildlife population sizes is highly desirable for management and conservation purposes but it is rarely...
ORC Team
- Jul 17, 2019
- 1 min
Our Visitor Centre is open!
After many months of preparation, we were very pleased to welcome friends and families to the opening of Ongava Visitor Centre on 29th...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Jul 2, 2019
- 1 min
Right on track? How reliable are our wildlife tracking devices?
Wildlife scientists have been using tracking devices and telemetry for more than 60 years. With the rise of the GPS and satellite...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Jun 20, 2019
- 1 min
Our new spotted hyaena paper - Dyads and Networks
If you ask me, the spotted hyaena is one of the most interesting and exciting species to study. One of the reasons for that is that even...
Florian Weise
- Jun 19, 2019
- 1 min
ORC welcomes hyaena experts at its new facilities
In June 2019, ORC welcomed its first international visitors to a 3-day meeting of the Hyaena Distribution Mapping Project and the IUCN...
Florian Weise
- Apr 9, 2019
- 1 min
Hyena Distribution Mapping Project
In June 2019, ORC will be hosting a 3-day workshop of the IUCN Hyena Specialist Group, the first of the group in two decades! This event...
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