Research exploring how leopards evolved has found that South African leopards are descended from an ice age a million years ago.
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The majestic white shark that once drew many tourists to South Africa’s Western and Southern Cape regions has all but disappeared - and the only explanation can be a sharp decline in the population.
The biggest large mammal population study to date has found that savannah elephant numbers in southern Africa have remained stable for the past 25 years.
The Agulhas long-billed lark builds nests on the ground in endangered fynbos vegetation. Here’s how it is surviving.
Scientists found De Winton’s golden mole by tracking its environmental DNA through the sand.
Track marks are a way to fill in the blanks that sometimes exist in the body fossil record.
Recent sighting of a leopard in the Campo-Ma’an National Park area of Southern Cameroon shows the importance of conservation efforts.
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Post doctoral researcher, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor, FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, University of Cape Town
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Molecular biologist, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Biology Graduate Program Director, Biology, Concordia University
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PhD candidate, Aarhus University
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Researcher, Conservation Ecology Research Unit, University of Pretoria
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Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Copenhagen
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Research Associate at the Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science and Shark Scientist and Founder Oceans Research Institute, Rhodes University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in management and conservation of white sharks, Stellenbosch University
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Courtesy Faculty, Oregon State University, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences Department, University of Oregon
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PhD Candidate, Université Abdelmalek Essaadi
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Senior Researcher and Statistician, University of Hohenheim
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Associate Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
