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🦁 Support Candice de Waal (@deWaal153), a PhD student in our department, as she raises $7500 through a crowdfunding initiative by the WDA (@WildlifeDisease). Help her research on African lion genetic diversity and disease resilience. Your contribution matters! #LionConservation

Nice to see some local coverage of our study! With a quote by co-author Prof Rudi Van Aarde @ZooEntUP Innovation in elephant dung analysis offers endless benefits for conservation dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-0…

Darren Pietersen reports in @AJWR_SAWMA that large numbers of small- to medium sized vertebrates, including pangolins and tortoises, can be accidentally electrocuted by electric fences in South Africa. doi.org/10.3957/056.05…

So many articles about @ZooEntUP to read in this issue!

Congratulations to Armand Engelbrecht, an MSc Zoology student in @ZooEntUP, for winning the best MSc talk prize at the @InvasionScience 2022 Annual General Meeting!

A map of landscapes that allow elephant occupation has been generated by combining 1.2 million tracks from 254 elephants with spatial data on environmental factors and human land use across eight southern African countries. @PLOSONE doi.org/10.1371/journa…

It's whale season again & we are part of the action! The Endangered Wildlife Trust has partnered with University of Pretoria: Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit to enable critical research on southern right whales (Eubalaena australis). #whales #southernrightwhales #research

Representing the Department at the #11thCRICitrusSymposium in the Drakensberg, Tania Pogue, Msizi Ramaoka and Dylan Pullock presented their posters on fruit fly and psyllid surveillance and management. @citrusresearch

Tania Pogue, Dylan Pullock and Msizi Ramaoka representing the Department at the #11thCitrusResearchSymposium in the Drakensberg. They will be presenting their research on fruit fly and psyllid surveillance and management. @citrusresearch

FIGHTING FRUIT FLIES: Meet the 27-year-old FBIP-funded student who is doing her bit to fight fruit fly infestations across the country. Read the full story: bit.ly/3vcfFBK @UPnasagric

Artificial light may become a new weapon in the fight to control malaria theconversation.com/artificial-lig… via @TC_Africa

In a review, Heike Lutermann proposes that social mole-rats reduce their exposure and susceptibility to parasites by living in sealed burrow systems and using group defences. @FrontEcolEvol @ResearchUP doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2…

Learn more about bees and other pollinators, our Social Insects Research Group, and activities that are planned to celebrate World Bee Day, by following the link below. up.ac.za/zoology-entomo…

GIS and Risk Analysis Workshop!! Register on the link below to attend. Link:docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

PhD student and @Fabiteam1 affiliate @ElisaPal2 reports with her @INRAE_France colleagues that pesticides, alone and in mixtures, trigger important, systemic oxidative stress that could explain their toxicity to honey bees. mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/3…

Graduate opportunity at Moepathusi Geo-Environmental Solutions. Closing date: 07 April 2022 #JobSeekersSA

The Cape Leopard Trust is seeking a research assistant to assist with an MSc project conducting interviews to investigate leopard presence, threats to leopards, and attitudes towards leopards across the Western Cape.

The EWT has a new #ConservationCanine #Cadet in training! This new Cadet needs a name! After watching him in action, what would you name him? If your name wins, you will be invited to our conservation campus for a dog demonstration and a chance to meet our #EWTPawsOnPatrol

Fruit SA is hiring! We're looking for a dynamic intern to join our team. Apply before 6 April 2022. See details here: fruitsa.co.za/wp-content/upl…

Honest Machekano suggests in Current Opinion in Insect Science that agricultural production and food security in Afrotropical regions is susceptible to invasive insect pests, which have wide tolerance of environmental extremes. @ResearchUP @UPnasagric doi.org/10.1016/j.cois…