Stéphanie Périquet
Gone with the wind: How wind speed affects Bat-eared foxes foraging activities
Not all carnivores are big and dangerous to work with. Some are just furry little things with big ears, wandering around looking for...
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Update from the field
ORC collaborator
- May 27, 2022
- 2 min
The early bird gets the worm, but the early termite gets the freezer…
It’s high biomass season here at Ongava which means ORC’s Bio-Indicator Project, funded by Nedbank’s Go-Green Fund, is in full swing. 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 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...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Jan 10, 2022
- 1 min
When the rain gives you wings...
Every year after the first significant rains, we are witnesses to one of Nature's fantastic shows: the flight of termites. This is the...
ORC Intern
- Dec 27, 2021
- 2 min
Do termites inhibit the germination and growth of nearby plants?
During field trips around Ongava, we see some termite mounds surrounded by areas of bare ground, while other mounds have shrubs, trees...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min
Which termite is this?
Coming in different shapes and colours, termite mount are a common sight when driving around on Ongava. For the unsuspecting observer,...
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