The African Wild Dog
African Wild Dog Project Update: May 2010
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The African wild dog project has continued steadily on over the past few weeks as the breeding season continues here in South Africa. Some clear behavioural changes have developed in some packs with [read more] |
The Pygmy Hippo
Pygmy Hippos Photographed in the Wild
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As part of our efforts to gain the knowledge needed to help save the Pygmy hippo, we are studying their behavior in our field project in the Ivory Coast. Since the beginning of this year, two of our [read more] |
The African White Rhino
Rhino Ear Notching Video
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This excellent video shows how ear notching, a procedure that helps identify individuals, is performed on Lapalala's Rhinos. This video and more can be found on the Lapalala Wilderness Reserve's [read more] |
The African White Rhino
White Rhino Research Update
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We have been analysing the reproductive biology of the Southern White Rhino in the wild at the Lapalala Wilderness Reserve to obtain vital data that will help in our efforts to overcome the problems [read more] |
The Ethiopian Wolf
Home Sweet Home
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Not all scientific research takes place in hi-tech laboratories. In the Bale mountains in Ethiopia, our researcher, Freya van Kesteren is living in a home-made tent, working at high altitude and [read more] |
The African Wild Dog
Who’s Poo is Who’s?
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In European Zoos, African Wild Dogs are group-housed and are fed with carcasses to mimic the natural situation as closely as possible. This is great for the dogs, but presents us with a headache when [read more] |
African Wild Dog Field Report
African Wild Dog Field Report
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The following is a field report from our African Wild Dog researcher, Leeane van der Weyde at Hluhluwe-imfolozi Park Well the first 6 weeks of the project, begun mid-February have been quite [read more] |
The African Wild Dog
Dog Appeasement Hormone Research Update
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One of the main problems seen in captive held African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) is inter-pack aggression. Methods that have been applied to prevent or reduce inter-pack aggression, like the use of [read more] |
The Pygmy Hippo
No More Poo? A New Way to Get Hormone Samples from Pygmy Hippos
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One of our primary project goals on our Pygmy Hippo project is to gain an understanding of their reproductive biology to enable us to optimize the breeding management of this species. Up until now [read more] |
The Pygmy Hippo
Video Footage: Pygmy Hippos in the Wild!
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Since they are solitary, nocturnal and live in dense forest, Pygmy Hippos notoriously difficult to find in the wild so this video footage of a Pygmy Hippo filmed in Tai Forest National Park, Ivory [read more] |