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  • UP postdoctoral fellow wins British Ecological Society photography competition

    Posted on December 04, 2018

    Dr Chris Oosthuizen of the University of Pretoria’s Department of Zoology and Entomology recently won the British Ecological Society’s annual photography competition, Capturing Ecology, which celebrates the diversity of ecology around the world.

  • Prof Christian Pirk named among world’s top 1% of reviewers in Publons’ global Peer Review Awards

    Posted on October 26, 2018

    Prof Christian Pirk, Head of the Social Insects Research Group in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria (UP), was recently named a top reviewer in Publons' global Peer Review Awards after having been placed among the top 1% of reviewers in Plant and Animal Science...

  • Whale Unit 2018 Aerial Survey

    Posted on September 25, 2018

    The 39th instalment of one of the longest running surveys of any marine mammal is about to start.

  • Dedication to animal disease control research

    Posted on August 31, 2018

    Prof Armanda Bastos has always cared for animal welfare, but it was probably her first field trip to the Kruger National Park as a veterinary researcher that inspired her most to dedicate her professional life to animal disease control research. As part of a research team, Prof Bastos was...

  • White rhinos communicate through their ablution habits

    Posted on July 19, 2018

    A study by a University of Pretoria researcher into the ablution habits of white rhinos in the Hluhluwe iMfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, has revealed that these animals use their place of defecation to communicate with each other and take decisions that can affect their ecology.

  • How adapting to different climates has helped a pest spread across the globe

    Posted on July 08, 2018

    The Mediterranean fruit fly can evolve rapidly to different environmental conditions, this suggests it will be well suited to cope with climate change.

  • Woody plants are changing Africa’s savannas — and this may have an impact on all of us

    Posted on May 09, 2018

    An increase in indigenous plant life does not sound like a bad thing, but when woody plants threaten to change savanna ecosystems (that cover approximately 13.5 million square kilometres of Africa alone), there is cause for concern.

  • Hot birds in the hot seat

    Posted on February 22, 2018

    Prof Andrew McKechnie of the Department of Zoology and Entomology was recently awarded the South African Research Chair in Conservation Physiology. The Chair is hosted by the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa and co-hosted by the University of Pretoria (UP).

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