UP research: Standard digital cameras help scientists map how tall structures threaten birds

Posted on July 14, 2021

Researchers at UP are mapping bird flight height in 3D, using standard digital cameras, to understand how vulnerable various bird species are to tall structures such as wind turbines and to help protect them.

UP scientist co-authors study on biodiversity loss index

Posted on July 01, 2021

A study co-authored by Dr Bernard Coetzee, a senior lecturer in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria (UP), has detailed how chance events could alter the Living Planet Index (LPI), a measure of the world’s biological diversity based on population trends.

Understanding the agricultural, veterinary and medical importance of insects

Posted on June 06, 2021

NAS featured scientist: Dr Mesfin W Gossa - SANBI Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Zoology and Entomology and the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute.

Biologists play a critical role in addressing the current global environmental crisis

Posted on May 30, 2021

Scarce skills in the natural and agricultural sciences Focus on an ornithologist: Prof Andrew McKechnie (Holder of the South African Research Chair in Conservation Physiology, South African National Biodiversity Institute) in the Department of Zoology and Entomology

WELCOME TO NAS: Meet Dr Bernard Coetzee

Posted on April 09, 2021

Meet Dr Bernard Coetzee, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Zoology and Entomology who was appointed to the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences in March this year.

NAS celebrates Human Rights

Posted on March 21, 2021

In celebration of Human Rights Day today (21 March), we asked a few staff members from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) to share their views on human rights.

MRI seal research in spectacular educational book

Posted on March 17, 2021

A renowned researcher from the University of Pretoria’s Mammal Research Institute (MRI), Prof Marthán N. Bester, has co-authored chapters on Tristan da Cunha and British Antarctic Territory in a spectacular educational book, Britain’s Distant Seas.

Wildlife plays important role in maintaining healthy societies and ecosystems

Posted on March 03, 2021

World Wildlife Day is celebrated on 3 March every year and focuses on forest-based livelihoods and seeks to promote forest and forest wildlife management models and practices that accommodate both human well-being and the long-term conservation of forests, forest-dwelling species of wild fauna...