Centre for African Ecology | A research group in the School of APES at Wits University

Finding motivation in the bush

By Caitlin Black. After seven months away from South Africa, spent amongst the cacophony of endless computer mouse ‘clicks,’ it…

What did one elephant say to the other? I actually don’t have a punchline, I’m sorry. But I’m a scientist,…

By Robin Cook. Having recently completed my MSc degree at Wits University, I was offered a once in a lifetime…

Recently one of our staff members, Sally Archibald, took some 3rd year students to the field to measure fire behaviour…

The ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) is an inconspicuous, primarily nocturnal mammal and is one of four pangolin species found in…

Africa contains more than half of the remaining potentially arable land in the world – most of this land is…

Testing the effectiveness of a novel mitigation method for protecting marula trees against elephant impact Robin Cook (MSc. candidate) Supervisors…

The natural history and conservation status of a species is best determined through field research. However, fieldwork for a species…

One of our students, Redae Teclai from Eritrea, studies the African Wild ass for his PhD project. Globally, the African wild ass…

We are a group of academics and students based in the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences at the…