Africa’s hadeda ibises can sense vibrations using a special sensory organ in their beaks. But they need moist soil for it to work.
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The first dedicated scientific surveys have confirmed the presence of blue whales in Seychelles.
There is only one audiologist for every million people in Africa. Pioneering digital devices help close the gap.
Africa’s great wildebeest migrations are being disrupted by roads, cities and agriculture.
The level of microplastic pollution in Osun River may be the highest in the world. Banning single-use plastics may help.
Knowing which parts of Africa best help to store carbon means funding and policy efforts can be directed to protecting and increasing this carbon ‘land sink’.
A new study reveals that from 2050, Africa will suffer from food and water scarcity, and a massive loss of jobs in agriculture, unless climate change mitigation measures are put in place now.
Migrating animals are vital to the health of ecosystems worldwide but a new report says they are in grave danger.
Agincourt, the University of the Witwatersrand’s rural research centre 500km from Johannesburg, has documented the lives of 120,000 people over decades.
It is essential to add genomic data from all global populations - including Africa. This will ensure that everyone can benefit from the advances in health.
Archaeologists have long studied diseases in past populations. They’ve explored the evolution of pathogens and how they interacted with humans.
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Senior Researcher and Statistician, University of Hohenheim
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Professor in Audiology in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria
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Professor: Health and Population Division, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Ecology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor, Institute of Environment, Coastlines and Oceans Division, Florida International University
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Chemistry(Legacy and Emerging Contaminants), Federal University of Technology, Akure
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Researcher in Systems Ecology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Newton International Fellow, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor, School of Economics and Finance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Prof of Archaeological Science & British Academy Global Professor, University of Oxford
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Director: MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), University of the Witwatersrand
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Principal Medical Scientist, Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
