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LATEST ARTICLES ( 124 )

• A Year in Africa: What Its Like to Be a Volunteer Research Assistant

  

  So what’s it like to be a volunteer research assistant on the Primate and Predator Project? We decided to ask Marion Gohier, a research assistant who primarily... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE

• Babooning

  

  tyler Carver joined the Primate and Predator Project in June as a volunteer Research Assistant. He has been pivotal in developing a new stage in our research... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• I Ain’t Gettin on No Plane! Oh Go on Then…

  

  As you may be aware, some of our collared hyenas and leopards are being rather rude and giving us the slip. We need to download data from their collars, and to... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Hardbody

  

  Thanks to the tireless fundraising work of our PI Russell, and to a generous grant from Durham University, the Primate and Predator Project now has a vehicle... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Get to the Chopper!

  

  Yesterday the search for the collared hyaenas soared to new heights!Last month a landowner I met during my PhD interviews offered to help Noeks and I look for... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Vote for Our Smiling Baboon!

  

  Please vote for the Primate and Predator Project’s camera trap photo in the 2013 Trail Camera Pro Photo competition!! Our photo is in the international... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Calling All Hyaenas

  

  It’s been about five months since we collared the first brown hyaena and we still hadn’t downloaded from either of the two collared hyaenas. Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Baby Time

  

  It is already June, and winter is definitely here, with cold evenings and nights and chilled days. Summer is definitely gone and it is time now to introduce... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Caracal Explores Our Covered GUDs Basins at Night!

  In the second week of our GUDs experiments, we set up three camera traps to supplement our observations. We decided to leave them running overnight in the case... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Kids, Camera Trapping and Community

  

  For my PhD research I have met people from lots of communities in and around the Soutpansberg Mountains. Just over a month ago I went to a Sepedi community... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Landowners’ Braai

  

  The Primate and Predator Project works across a number properties within the Southpansberg Mountains thanks to the support of many local landowners. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Community Engagement and Friendship Through Earthwatch

  

  Sam and I have been at Lajuma now for nearly two years and during that time we have led 11 Earthwatch teams. Each team has been unique, memorable and rewarding. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Does Perceived Risk of Predation Raise Samango Monkeys’ GUDs?

  

  Firstly, what are GUDs?GUDs stands for “Giving up Densities” and represents the density of a patch at which an individual seizes foraging. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Looking for Leopards

  

  It’s been almost a year since project staff collared our first leopard, Michel. Since then we have been observing Michel on the camera traps and downloading dat... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Welcome Trevor and Kate

  

  We would like to welcome two new staff members who joined the Primate and Predator Project team based at Lajuma Research Centre this week! Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Building Up Bush Camp – Part 2

  

  Late last year we wrote a blog post about the building work which is happening at Bush Camp (click here to read it). We wanted to share some more recent photos... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• It Was Supposed to Be So Easy

  

  When I think about Chomma and Betton, the two hyaenas we collared almost two months ago, a song by the Streets called ‘It was supposed to be so easy’ comes to... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Photogenic

  

  For a week in the beginning of April award-winning wildlife photographer Benny Rebel was at Lajuma Research Centre to promote the Primate and Predator Project. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Amazing Samango Riding a Leopard !!

  

  Look what we found this morning! It looks like a samango riding a leopard! This has got to be a unique behaviour.  We have no idea how he managed to catch a... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Behind the Scenes of Trapping

  

  After 4 intensive weeks of trapping we are happy to tell you that we caught and collared 1 leopard, 2 brown hyaenas and 2 female baboons. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE