Blog posts in Monitor Diaries

Allogrooming Vervet Monkeys

ALLOGROOMING: I’ll groom you if you groom me Many social animals groom each other – an activity known as social, mutual or allogrooming....

Tembe Predators come out to Play

Winter is a great time for the Tembe predators and volunteers alike. As the water dries up both prey and predators are forced to remain near water...

Cheetah tracking for the Khwai Team

The Kwai team were concerned when they saw a cheetah cub darting off on it's own, so they put their tracking skills to the test to find the adult...

Ithala’s Brown Hyena Mysteries

Out in the field, our Ithala conservation volunteers came across a brown hyena pasting. They use this to communicate with other hyenas in the area. .