About the Project
Project Aims The Primate and Predator Project’s three main aims are: To assess the role of mountainous regions in biodiversity conservation, To understand the behavioural ecology of predator-prey interactions focusing on diurnal primates and their predators as a model system, To evaluate the nature…
Bio’s
Professor Russell Hill Reader, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, UK Professor Hill’s main research interests are in the behavioral ecology of primates and other large mammals, with a primary goal of understanding the decisions animals make about their social and reproductive strategies. His research…
Volunteer
Everything you need to know about volunteering with the Durham University’s Primate and Predator Project, Wildlife and Communities Research Centre in the Alldays Area of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Click on any of the links to the right to get started!
Aardwolf – some fun facts on the beautiful “earth wolf”
As we continue our camera grid into August, we have been really treated with various species turning up on the cameras! One of the species that has provided particular excitement in camp is the aardwolf (Proteles cristatus). Although quite widely distributed across Southern Africa,…
Reptiles in & around Alldays – by Kurt van Wyk
Alldays sits in a promising area for reptiles. Due to the high number of game farms in the surrounding landscape, land-use is arguably sufficiently low to allow for significant diversity and abundance. While winter is generally less productive for reptile surveys than the summer…
Camera trapping in the field
After being established in the early 1900’s, camera trapping has developed significantly and fast become a key method for wildlife and ecological research. It has become not only a plausible method, but an increasingly accurate passive data collection method. Given the non-invasive nature of camera…
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