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Enviro Perspectives with Dave Rushworth
Krugerpark News Information: At this time of year there are numerous flowers to be seen by the keen observer. Many are long lived, or come out in progression over a long period. Others bloom for a very short time...
Volunteers Geared up for 2008
Krugerpark News Information: The 2008 Global Vision International volunteers spent their last days at Letaba at the end of January in preparation for their duties in the year ahead. Each year GVI places volunteers for six months or one year...
Tourism Plan to Outline Scarce Skills Needed
Krugerpark News Information: A Tourism Skills Sector Plan for 2008/09 is to increase South Africa’s skills base by outlining the scarce skills required in the tourism industry...
Elephant Twins in the Greater Kruger National Park
Krugerpark News Information: Elephants. Not an uncommon sight in the Kruger National Park area. At any given time, one is likely to encounter a breeding herd containing young elephants...
Wanted
Krugerpark News Information: February to April and even May are the best times for butterflies. Currently it is endeavoured to see if these butterflies and some extras have been spotted in the KNP...
Online Data Archive Now Includes All Parks
Krugerpark News Information: Over the last five years Judith has been working on developing a data access system for SANParks, together with ecologists and software developers from National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis...
Predators Do More Than Kill Prey
Krugerpark News Information: The direct effect predators have on their prey is to kill them. The evolutionary changes that can result from this direct effect include prey that are younger at maturity and that produce more offspring...
Fig Trees and Wasps
Krugerpark News Information: The sycamore fig (Ficus sycomorus) is a tall, distinctive tree with a yellowish bark and fluted stem that is seen growing along the rivers in the Kruger National Park. This spectacular tree is home to a host of insects...
Ranger's Diary
Krugerpark News Information: The study of water, or hydrology, is a high priority in our arid country and of even greater importance in our protected areas. A detailed and high-tech research programme looking at how water moves down slopes through the soil...
Reintroduced Cheetah Produce Eight Cubs
Krugerpark News Information: The first-ever cheetah cubs have been sighted in Mountain Zebra National Park after cheetah were introduced to the Park in May 2007. Park rangers first spotted four cubs...
Water Issues in Bushbuckridge Discussed in Arizona
Krugerpark News Information: Water is a limited resource that people all around the world have to share; and discussions around this complex issue were the subject of a workshop entitled which was held from January 9 to 11, 2008...
In Short...
Krugerpark News Information: Nearly 80 000 dogs, cats and other domestic animals have been vaccinated against the potentially fatal rabies disease in Mpumalanga. Construction of the coastal route between East London and Port Elizabeth...
Conservationists Concerned by Low Oribi Numbers
Krugerpark News Information: Initial findings indicate that oribi numbers in South Africa are still decreasing from previous years. According to land owners who participated in the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Oribi Working Group survey...
Water Everywhere
Krugerpark News Information: A special warning was issued over the weekend of 28 January that the Olifants river would be in flood following the opening of the sluices at the Flag Boshielo and Loskop Dams...
New Doors for Letaba Elephant Hall
Krugerpark News Information: It turned out to be quite a mission finding new doors and replacing the old ones at the elephant hall in Letaba rest camp, but "well worth the effort," according to Piet Andjelkovic...
Enviro Perspectives with Dave Rushworth
Krugerpark News Information: There are many instances of animals co-operating or associating with other species, presumably to increase their chances of survival. Many insects, birds and fish gather in dense swarms for the protection of individuals...
Angels on an Avian Mission
Krugerpark News Information: What do you get when you send a bunch of women on a mission to find a Pel’s fishing owl, armed with CyberTracker equipment and a mandate to raise funds for Sanparks and CyberTracker? You get Angels on an Avian Mission...
Dung and Droppings Help Explain Dry Season Diet Choices
Krugerpark News Information: Most animals face changes in how much food there is for them to eat over the year. During the dry season especially, the situation can look bleak when the grasses become shorter and dry up...
Water in Kruger
Krugerpark News Information: It took members of the South African National Defence Force special forces school three days and eight tonnes of explosives to blow up the Shisakashanghondzo Dam wall in the Kruger National Park...
Elephant Numbers up by Five Percent
Krugerpark News Information: This year the elephant and buffalo census team, under the leadership of Dr Ian Whyte, who is conducting his 24th census, counted 13 050 elephants in the Kruger National Park...