Cattle Egrets Find New Feeding Opportunities Around Farms and Towns
Cattle egrets exploit insects flushed by livestock and machinery. A review of 173 studies links this flexibility with…
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A continuing selection of new studies, conservation projects and important developments connected to species in the archive.
Twelve Angolan Giraffes Were Reintroduced to Bicuar National Park
Twelve angolan giraffes from two Namibian source properties were reintroduced to Bicuar National Park in Angola. All 12…
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Injuries Were More Extensive After Zebra Spitting Cobra Bites Than Puff Adder Bites in Namibia
Among 20 hospitalized snakebite patients in Namibia, tissue necrosis occurred in 11 of 12 zebra spitting cobra cases…
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Black-backed jackals in Namibian livestock areas rely mostly on wild prey
Genetically confirmed scat from four communal conservancies in Namibia showed that wild ungulates contributed far more biomass to…
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Wild prey made up 96.8% of identified leopard kills on Namibian farms
Ten years of tracking on central Namibian farmland found that 96.8% of identified leopard kills were wild prey,…
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Nearly 80% of Salambala Farmers Reported Positive Experiences With Oxpeckers
Interviews with 200 cattle farmers in Namibia’s Salambala Conservancy found that 79.5% reported positive experiences with oxpeckers and…
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African Review Found Different Impact Emphases in House Crow and Red-billed Quelea Studies
A 2026 review of 59 African studies found that red-billed quelea research focused mainly on crop and economic…
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Western Cattle Egrets Accounted for 99% of Occupied Nests in Ondangwa in 2020 as Other Species Declined
At the long-established Ondangwa heronry in north-central Namibia, estimated western cattle egret nests rose from about 2,500 in…
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