Stéphanie Périquet
Highlight on collared carnivores in Etosha
If you have visited Etosha National Park in the past 2 years, chances are that you saw lions or spotted hyaenas wearing radio collars. If...
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Blog & News
Update from the field
ORC Intern
- Sep 22
- 3 min
Life as an intern at the Ongava Research Centre
Hello everyone! I am Rhys, a wildlife sciences undergraduate student at the University of Georgia, USA working in Dr. Jim Beasley’s lab,...
Maddie Melton
- Jul 26
- 3 min
The more, the merrier! Deploying more collars on Etosha’s carnivores
The end of May 2023 was an exciting time as we began the second year of capturing and collaring carnivores as part of the Greater Etosha...
Dipanjan Naha
- Jun 22
- 4 min
To cross or not to cross? The effects of fences around Etosha on large carnviore movement.
Fencing represents one of the most common linear infrastructures in the world and is used for a variety of reasons, including wildlife...
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 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...
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,...
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
- Jul 4, 2022
- 1 min
Greater Etosha Carnivore Programme in full swing: collaring lions in Etosha
Lion collaring in Etosha
Stéphanie Périquet
- Apr 22, 2022
- 2 min
From the field to the lab: there is a (smelly) story written in scats…
Anyone who has ever worked with carnivores knows that this can be a rather smelly business. Whether it involves carcasses or fresh...
Dipanjan Naha
- Jan 19, 2022
- 2 min
Getting to know Etosha's neighbours
As with other protected areas in the world, Etosha National Park in north-western Namibia has similar problems with humans and dangerous...
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...
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