Posted on March 15, 2023
A University of Pretoria (UP) study has shown that playing soothing classical music to dairy cows lowers their stress levels and increases their milk production.
Posted on December 13, 2022
NAS Faculty newsletter for December 2022 is now available
Posted on December 13, 2022
We could double the number of white rhino females in the coming decade by protecting them from poaching, which has been steadily increasing over the last decade. This is according to University of Pretoria (UP )researchers and their colleagues who suggest practical solutions to protect these...
Posted on December 09, 2022
Prof Susan Nicolson from UP’s Department of Zoology and Entomology, and her colleagues, Dr Hannelie Human and Prof Christian Pirk, discovered that honeybees removed most of the water while collecting nectar from macadamia flowers.
Posted on December 02, 2022
Congratulations to Prof Stephanie Burton (Professor in Biochemistry and Professor at Future Africa) for her appointment as Co-Chair of the Interacademy Partnership (IAP) board for the 2022-2024 mandate, and Prof Christian Pirk (Department of Zoology and Entomology) for his appointment as a member...
Posted on November 30, 2022
UP taxonomist and leading expert in dung beetles occurring in southern Africa Christian Deschodt was contacted by researchers to help describe a dung beetle they suspected was a new species.
Posted on September 28, 2022
The 53-year long database (including 43 years of individual sighting histories) is one of the longest uninterrupted datasets in the world on any marine mammal, and provides critical information on the southern right whale population.
Posted on September 13, 2022
NAS Faculty newsletter for September 2022 is now available
Posted on August 26, 2022
The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) made inroads by having a very frank conversation on many topical issues, attended by both staff and students. The event was the Dean's Women's Month Lunch and Conversation on 19 August.
Posted on August 02, 2022
The world’s largest colony of nesting fish lives beneath the Antarctic ice
Posted on May 31, 2022
Faculty newsletter for May 2022 now available
Posted on May 18, 2022
This year’s World Bee Day aims to raise awareness on the importance of bees and beekeeping.
Posted on March 22, 2022
Speaking at the launch, UP Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe thanked the Oppenheimer family for supporting research in under-resourced fields.
Posted on March 11, 2022
Scientists have studied wild carnivores roaming protected areas for a long time, but predator numbers in unprotected areas remained unclear until recently. In Platjan, Limpopo, where farmers share the land with leopards and other predators, researchers led by Philip Faure have now tracked these...
Posted on March 03, 2022
Understanding wildlife as a way to save them, Profs Adrian M Shrader and Chris Weldon, UP Department of Zoology and Entomology
Posted on March 01, 2022
UP’s Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit and WWF South Africa are teaming up to support research on southern right whales in response to warming oceans and changes to ocean processes which are affecting the number of whales visiting SA's shores.
Posted on March 01, 2022
Professor Nigel C Bennett, an internationally renowned researcher and an NRF A-rated scientist in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria, has been awarded the prestigious JFW Herschel Medal by the Royal Society of South Africa.
Posted on February 23, 2022
Dr Mohlamatsane Mokhatla started his career at the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences on 1 January 2022.
Posted on February 16, 2022
A study by a team of scientists led by the University of Pretoria (UP) has revealed that the close interaction of tourists with African penguin chicks could cause stress among these birds.
Posted on February 09, 2022
When wild lions sneak up on a herd of cattle to grab an easy meal, the dice seem to be loaded more heavily against certain herd members, which are more likely than the others to be killed and eaten, according to a new study conducted by scientists from the University of Pretoria (UP).
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