Wild Elephants Used 41 Gesture Types to Make Others Move Away or Stop
Wild African bush elephants in Addo and Marakele used 41 gesture types during conflicts, mainly to make another…
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Research, conservation and new discoveries
A continuing selection of new studies, conservation projects and important developments connected to species in the archive.
Giraffe and White-Rhino Plasma Showed Robust Differences Across 28 Metabolites
A South African ¹H-NMR study found 28 robust plasma-metabolite differences between giraffes and white rhinoceroses. Giraffes had higher…
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Gut Microbiomes Across Nine Kruger Mammals Clustered More Strongly by Dietary Group Than Species
A study of 89 quality-filtered faecal samples from nine wild mammals in Kruger National Park found that carnivores,…
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pH-Adjusted Hill Equation Reliably Estimated Blood Oxygen Saturation From 70–100% in Immobilised White Rhinos
A South African study of 16 immobilised male white rhinos in Kruger National Park found that a pH-adjusted…
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Cattle Egret Reporting Rate Rose From 0.38 to 0.60 in Southern African Atlas Data
A systematic review of 173 studies found generally stable or increasing cattle egret populations in the better-studied parts…
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Online Advert Led Police to a Live Southern African Python in North West Province
South African police recovered a live Southern African python in Delareyville after it was allegedly advertised online for…
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Giraffes Responded More Strongly to Lion Calls Than Oxpecker Alarms
Playback experiments with 35 free-ranging southern giraffes in South Africa found that lion vocalisations triggered stronger vigilance than…
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33 Descendants of Phased-Release Cheetahs Reached Independence in South Africa
Twelve captive-origin cheetahs were phased into seven fenced reserves in South Africa. Their ranging and habitat use stabilised…
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Reintroduced spotted hyenas establish home ranges within seven months in Tswalu
Satellite tracking of five reintroduced spotted hyenas in Tswalu found that their home ranges stabilised within seven months,…
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Closer Relatives Among Hoopoes, Woodhoopoes and Hornbills Had More Similar Preen-Gland Microbiomes
Across eight taxa of hoopoes, woodhoopoes and hornbills, more closely related birds had more similar bacterial communities in…
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Most of the Modelled Suitable Cheetah Habitat in Southern Africa Lies Outside Protected Areas
Modelling across Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe found that about 69% of currently suitable free-roaming cheetah habitat…
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Antibodies reveal first evidence of hepatitis E exposure in wild warthogs
Antibodies to hepatitis E virus were detected in 22% of 267 free-ranging South African warthogs, providing the first…
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Anticoagulant Rat Poisons Were Detected in 78% of Sampled Cape Town Caracals
A ten-year Cape Town study found anticoagulant rodenticides in 78% of analysed caracal liver samples, with higher exposure…
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Zebra Group Departures Were Linked to Visual and Tactile Behaviours
Observations of 43 wild zebra group departures in South Africa found that head movements, contact, standing and changes…
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Rabies Likely Jumped From Black-backed Jackals to Cape Fur Seals and Then Spread Among Seals
Viral sequences from 51 South African fur seals point to a single rabies introduction, most likely from black-backed…
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Six Cheetahs Return to Zambia's Luangwa Landscape After Nearly 30 Years
Three male and three female cheetahs from South Africa have been moved to North Luangwa as the first…
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Balule Rhinos Showed No Consistent Home-Range Change After Dehorning
Eleven years of monitoring in Balule found no consistent change in the size or position of black-rhino home…
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Habitat conditions help explain why some African buffalo translocations succeeded in Mozambique
A 2026 analysis of African buffalo translocations in Mozambique found that habitat suitability helped explain success and failure,…
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Garden Route Project Asks Public to Report Colour-ringed Buzzards
A new public reporting campaign asks people across South Africa’s Garden Route to report white colour rings on…
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Africa 4 Toxoplasma lineage detected in wild impalas from Greater Kruger
Tests of 138 wild impalas from Timbavati found Toxoplasma antibodies in 8.7% and parasite DNA in 7.2%; two…
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