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LATEST ARTICLES ( 124 )

• Living in Harmony Art / Photography Competition

  

  The PPP is running an art / photography competition! We are looking for creative minds to illustrate how people live in harmony with animals through art. The to... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• The Social-Ecological Seesaw

  By Philip Faure, Community Engagement Officer, Primate and Predator Project. How do you balance healthy biodiversity with increasing socio-economic demands? Thi... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Panthera (pardus) Camera Trapping 2016

  We are currently running the 2016 Soutpansberg camera trap survey, in collaboration with Panthera. Panthera is an organisation that strives to conserve felids... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Understanding Plants to Understand Primates

  This post was written by Sarah du Plessis, a primate research assistant from Cardiff University. Sarah is volunteering with the PPP between October 2015 and... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Buysdorp School Eco-weekend

  Over the weekend of 18 th of March, we hosted a four-day eco-schools weekend for one of the local schools, Mara Primêre Skool in Buysdorp. The goal was to... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Nature Night 2016

  

  Last Friday January 29th, 2016, we hosted our annual public lecture evening, Nature Night! We started Nature Night in 2014 as a way to share our scientific... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Consider the Animals Project

  Last year, the Primate and Predator Project (PPP) started an environmental awareness and skills development project aimed at primary school students in... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Nature Night 2016

  

  On January 29th at 7 pm we are hosting Nature Night 2016! We are partnering with scientists from the University of Venda to share scientific results and increas... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Just Don’t Be Last!

  

  I recently ran the Skukuza Half Marathon in order to raise money for some of the community engagement work that the Primate and Predator Project does. I posted... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Welcome Philip – PPP Community Engagement Officer

  Since 2011 the Primate and Predator Project has gained an increased understanding of human-wildlife conflict issues in the area. We have also detected a... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• A New Look for the PPP’s Environmental Education Work

  - This blog post was written by Leigh West, a research assistant who volunteered with the Primate and Predator Project from June and August 2014 and again from... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Monkeys and Men Behaving Badly: Preventing Human-primate Conflict at Lajuma

  by Zoe Melvin, a volunteer research assistant from Cardiff University who worked with the Primate and Predator Project from September 2014 - August 2015 I... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Cats and Dogs

  

  Leopards are the most elusive species of the big 5. They can draw in tourists over thousands of miles, who are willing to pay top dollar for the opportunity to... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Have You Seen My Dassies?

  

  One of the Primate and Predator Project's research aims is to understand the behavioural ecology of predator-prey interactions. Durham University Masters... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• …and That Will Be the Story of You

  As a wildlife researcher studying large carnivores, I don't often get to see my study animals in the flesh. Study trees and you won't be able to see the woods... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Extreme Veg Plots!

  

  This post was written by Liam Thomas, a predator research assistant who has joined the Primate and Predator Project on his industrial placement year with Cardif... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• The Trials, Tribulations and Joys of Recovering Collars

  

  The GPS collars we use on leopards and brown hyaenas stay on the animals for 455 days and then they drop off automatically. When the collar reaches day 455, a... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Downloads Page Launched

  We are extremely grateful to the many people that support our work, including landowners, funders, stakeholders, and volunteers. We try to make it as easy as... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Vervets Are Ninjas

  

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  Posted on 10 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Through the Lens

  

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  Posted on 24 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE