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
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 13, 2022
NAS Faculty newsletter for December 2022 is now available
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
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