Animal Science Archives

iPeni lasolwandle (Sea pens)

Sibusiso BiyelaDecember 1, 2023December 1, 2023

by Sibusiso BiyelaDecember 1, 2023December 1, 2023

Ungase uzibuze ukuthi kubukeka kanjani ngaphansi kolwandle, mhlawumbe kunezitshalo njengalo mhlaba esiwujwayele? Uma ubheka ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, kunezithombe eziningi ezikhombisa umhlabathi, izindawo lapho kuhlala khona amakhulu...

Animal Science Biology & Evolution

Minute life: new diatom discovered on sea snakes

Engela DuvenageMay 21, 2022

by Engela DuvenageMay 21, 2022

Your chances of spotting a yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) while boogey boarding or surfing are slim. It is after all the only sea snake...

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Shisa Sayensi: Bacwaninga izakhi zofuzo lwenkomo ukuqeda indlala

Sibusiso BiyelaAugust 18, 2021August 18, 2021

by Sibusiso BiyelaAugust 18, 2021August 18, 2021

USolwazi Este van Marle-Koster, ongusoyayensi wezolimo enNyuvesi yasePitoli, uhola ucwaningo oluzo qopha umlando nolwazi ngezinkomo zase Ningizimu Afrika....

Animal Science

Featured Lessons from the insect world: How do ant colonies fight disease?

AdminBraaiApril 3, 2020April 3, 2020

by AdminBraaiApril 3, 2020April 3, 2020

Taking a lesson from our ants, we should put our own interests aside, cooperate and do what is necessary to mitigate the spread and impact...

Agriculture Animal Science

The UCT prof who helped save the bluefin tuna

Engela DuvenageSeptember 2, 2019September 2, 2019

by Engela DuvenageSeptember 2, 2019September 2, 2019

Later this month, Professor Doug Butterworth will be formally honoured by the Emperor of Japan with the Order of the Rising Sun for contributing to...

Animal Science Innovation

Legs gets an extra (3D printed) leg

Engela DuvenageAugust 28, 2019August 28, 2019

by Engela DuvenageAugust 28, 2019August 28, 2019

A secretary bird called Legs is the first raptor in South Africa to sport a 3D-printed prosthesis. It was designed by some of the South...

Animal Science

Explainer: What’s behind the rabies outbreak in SA?

AdminBraaiMarch 24, 2018March 23, 2018

by AdminBraaiMarch 24, 2018March 23, 2018

In the last four months five cases of rabies in humans have been reported in South Africa, and an additional two cases are probable. The country’s National...

Animal Science

Whiskers tell what’s on a lion’s menu

Engela DuvenageMarch 1, 2018

by Engela DuvenageMarch 1, 2018

World Wildlife Day is celebrated on 3 March. This year the spotlight falls on the world’s big cats. New research by South African researchers have...

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Picking a rhino’s brain

Engela DuvenageSeptember 18, 2017October 3, 2017

by Engela DuvenageSeptember 18, 2017October 3, 2017

Is a black rhino’s brain similar to that of a white rhino? Not quite, according to researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand. They say...

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The Case of the Drinking Aardvark

Engela DuvenageAugust 2, 2017October 3, 2017

by Engela DuvenageAugust 2, 2017October 3, 2017

Scientists do not always get their aha moments when they implicitly set out to find one. Serendipity often comes into play, which then warrants further...