Blog posts in Leopard Projects

The High Bird Diversity in Southern Africa

Southern Africa is defined as the area south of the Kunene, Okavango and Zambezi rivers, including Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland and southern and central Mozambique.... read more

New PantheraIDS Software Comes to the Leopard Survey

The Wildlife ACT Leopard Survey team were recently joined by Panthera staff for an intensive two-day training workshop. With coffee brewed and laptops charged, the training began. Firstly, Ross... read more

Leopard Identification Techniques in Wildlife Monitoring

Like in humans and other animals (such as zebras and elephants), leopards have distinct features that tell them apart from one another and aid in leopard identification. Rosette patterns to leopards... read more

Aardwolf on Ithala Game Reserve – First sighting in over 2 years!

The Panthera Leopard Survey, run in collaboration with Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife and Wildlife ACT, captured this rare and exciting image of an Aardwolf on Ithala Game Reserve – yet again showcasing... read more

Furs for Life and the Panthera Faux Furs Program

Furs for Life – Panthera Video To date, Panthera​ (the global wild cat conservation organisation), with support from Peace Parks Foundation and Cartier, have distributed over 15,000 faux... read more

Drakensberg Leopard Camera Trap Survey – Preliminary Report

The Drakensberg Leopard Survey (southern uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park) took place from November 2016 to January 2017, and was the 8th camera-trap survey carried out in KwaZulu-Natal in 2016. These... read more

‘Hunting’ for Leopards at Ithala Game Reserve

The fourth Panthera Leopard Survey, run in collaboration with Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife and Wildlife ACT, finds itself in the picturesque and unique Ithala Game Reserve. This 30,000ha reserve contains a... read more

Leopard Survey Bids Farewell to Ithala

The time has come for the leopard survey team to bid farewell to the magical Ithala Game Reserve and all its curious creatures. read more

Camera trap photos: Buffalo mud bath

The wildlife volunteers and I had a great time finding these amusing photographs while sorting through the images from the Hluhluwe leopard camera trap survey. read more

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. . read more