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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...
Blog & News
Update from the field
John Mendelsohn
- Jun 30
- 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
- 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
- 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...
John Mendelsohn
- Feb 28
- 2 min
Mopane scale insects
When I came to Ongava in mid-2018 its vegetation was extremely sparse and dry. Little rain fell in the 2018/2019 summer, which led to...
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...
William Versfeld
- Aug 1, 2021
- 1 min
Observation of vegetation changes between burned and unburned areas. Part 1
After a good rainy season in North Central Namibia in 2020, the Ongava Research Centre received an ~ 514mm of rain and the vegetation in...
Florian Weise
- Jan 13, 2021
- 1 min
Ongava’s Green Freckles - Remnants from the Past?
Ongava Research Centre staff recently came across a distinct and intriguing vegetation patch on the western plains of Ongava. It clearly...
John Mendelsohn
- Mar 31, 2020
- 1 min
Natural Fire Breaks?
Fires could do great damage if they could get into the fairy forests shown in the previous blog, which leads us to the intriguing...