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A black-backed jackal walks left to right through low green bush at night, lit by a camera trap flash, with fallen pale deadwood and dark trees behind it.

Africa & Middle East

Namibia’s Jackals Are Not Eating the Sheep

Farmers in the Okakarara District Communal Area of central-eastern Namibia blame black-backed jackals ...

An adult male cheetah walks left to right across short dry grassland in low sunlight, head turned toward the camera, with blurred pale grass and scattered scrub behind him.

Africa & Middle East

A Cheetah Paternity Test in a Namibian Lab

In August 2025 a male cheetah began appearing on camera traps on part ...

A camera trap housing destroyed by fire, its upper half melted into a mass of blackened bubbled plastic, with the scorched keypad and OK button still intact below.

Africa & Middle East

What a Namibian Wildfire Did to the Animals Around It

In October 2021 a wildfire burned roughly 650 square kilometers of savanna in ...

A research team in red shirts works with recording equipment on a raised platform beside an African elephant at a field research site.

Africa & Middle East

Elephants Hear to the Beat: UC Researchers Determine African Elephant Hearing with Help from Zoos

In a world where the African elephant population has declined by 72% in ...