John Mendelsohn
How old is your fairy?
People travel from far to see iconic elephants, rhinos and lions in Ongava – three of the Big Five. Ecologists laud these animals for...
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Update from the field
ORC collaborator
- Mar 13, 2023
- 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...
ORC Intern
- Oct 11, 2022
- 2 min
The Elephants Versus The Bush: Photopoints help to reveal forgotten landscapes
The Okaukuejo Waterhole is arguably Etosha’s most famous landmark. Its desolate landscape and memorable bare white rocks have been the...
John Mendelsohn
- Jun 30, 2022
- 1 min
Feasts of Grasses
ORC has enjoyed visits from several eminent scientists and conservationists in the past year: Paul Maritz (conservationist and software...
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 Intern
- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
Curiosity, big and small...
Hello! I´m Tomás Azevedo, a veterinary student from Portugal. As of late I have been learning more about wildlife veterinary care, as...
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