Posted on October 16, 2021
The challenge of addressing hunger is a priority for the global community, so on 16 October 1945, the United Nations established the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This day has since 1980 been commemorated as World Food Day to raise awareness on issues related to hunger and food...
Posted on September 29, 2021
The UP Whale Unit’s survey, which will be flown between Nature’s Valley on the Garden Route in the Western Cape and Muizenberg in Cape Town, is one of the longest uninterrupted datasets on any marine mammal worldwide.
Posted on August 30, 2021
Women’s Month: Focus on Ms Nina Parry
Posted on March 12, 2021
The Whale Unit at UP’s Mammal Research Institute is conducting boat-based research on “data deficient” and “vulnerable” Bryde’s whales off the south-western Cape coast.
Posted on September 25, 2018
The 39th instalment of one of the longest running surveys of any marine mammal is about to start.
Posted on April 12, 2016
A team of researchers from UP, in collaboration with various partners, recently discovered the first evidence of Antarctic blue whales off the west coast of South Africa since they were nearly hunted to extinction in the last century.
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