Alldays Wildlife and Communities Research Centre’s (AWCRC) objective is to establish a sustainable and successful conservation research programme. Created in 2017, AWCRC is primarily focusing on human-wildlife conflict research – as an extension of Durham University’s Primate and Predator Project – with opportunities for…
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…
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!
Who is your conservation hero? From a young age, my first conservation hero was my grandfather with his profound love for nature and animals, a fondness he certainly transmitted to me. I always had a fascination for cat species and as I grew older,…
As many lockdowns ease, South Africa remains pretty intense. Keeping our blog busy – we are looking at some of our conservation heroes! This blog we quizzed Predator Research Coordinator, Jamie, on his conservation hero. Who is your conservation hero? There are so many…
Last week, we set up our third camera trap grid for this year. While the first and second were aimed at carnivores in general (distance sampling), this one is exclusively aimed for leopard. Leopards are well known for their secretive and shy behaviour so…
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