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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
- 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...
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
ORC Student
- Jun 15, 2022
- 3 min
A noisy business: listening to rock hyraxes on Ongava
Wildlife produces a lot of sound. From insects to mammals, including fish and birds, auditory communication –signals emitted through the...
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...
ORC Intern
- May 4, 2022
- 2 min
Sunday shopping done differently
The mopane worm (Gonimbrasia belina) is an unusual edible little critter found in parts of southern Africa. Its life cycle is...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Oct 28, 2021
- 1 min
19°S: Space use by spotted hyaenas
If you are a large carnivore enthusiast, you probably have heard that they are wide ranging species requiring a lot of space to establish...
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...
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