Climate Change
Climate change represents a major threat to global biodiversity, and in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem it is apparent as increased variability and irregularity of rainfall.
Vultures respond to auditory cues
Vultures and other avian scavengers characteristically circle the skies, scanning the ground for carcasses. New research has revealed that these birds can, in addition to sight, respond to auditory cues indicative of potential foraging opportunities. To date, Africa’s vultures have been thought to rely exclusively on eyesight whilst foraging. This may be either through the
Tolerant scientists produce better science
A brand new open access e-book helps future conservation scientists prepare themselves for interdisciplinary research with collaborators from diverse backgrounds. How can young conservation scientists learn to be tolerant and work with diverse partners to produce better science in order to save nature? Dr. Mary Mildred Stith, one of the authors of the new open
New booklet from AfricanBioservices
AfricanBioServices booklet available for download
AfricanBioSevices in the Project Repository Journal
AfricanBioServices is featured in the Project Repository Journal on the front page and as a special supplement inside.
Project Repository Journal – Volume 4 – January 2020
Restoring Norwegian mountains and African savannahs
Humans have altered terrestrial ecosystems to such a degree that the Earth’s most recent geological time period is referred to as the Anthropocene; the epoch influenced by man. Habitats are degraded so rapidly…Read more
The Giving Trees of the African Savannahs
Shel Silverstein’s classic children’s novel, “The Giving Tree”, details the relationship between a boy and a tree. In the course of the boy’s life the tree provides the boy with everything: Read more
Where are the Serengeti’s Wild Dogs?
In 1991, the wild dogs started to disappear from Serengeti national park, due to the steadily increasing population of lions and hyenas. Read more
Play as Practice: Games for a better future in the Serengeti Ecosytem
AfricanBioServices has created its own board game that informs local communities about conservation in East Africa while they are having fun. Read more
Local communities are more than just data points
At the end of a field trip at the border of Maasai Mara National Park, Kenya, interviewing local communities, I had a bright idea that our community facilitator owned land and could fill in one of our interview questionnaires. Read more
The Fourth and Final Meeting of the AfricanBioServices Consortium
Scientists and scholars from Tanzania, the Netherlands, Kenya, Norway, South Africa, USA, Germany, Denmark, and Scotland presented years of research on the Greater-Serengeti Mara Ecosystem. Read more