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"Unearthing the relationship between nature and culture: Dr Fortunate Mafeta Phaka's story" - Our postdoc as profiled by the South Africa National Convention Bureau SANCB #MeetInSouthAfrica Link to article: sancb.southafrica.net/hubfs/Dr%20For…

We recently had the pleasure of hearing from our former Masters student and current collaborator Dr Natasha Marais about her journey researching alien invasive amphibian species.

Latest research from Dr Fortunate Phaka, Prof Louis du Preez and our Belgian collaborators reviews research based on wildlife use in South African cultural practices and shows that frogs and reptiles don't feature that much in this type of research. koedoe.co.za/index.php/koed…

The IUCN Red List is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s #biodiversity and a powerful tool to help implement the Global Biodiversity Framework. bit.ly/440eXam #KMGBF

🚨Hot off the press🚨 Our group leader, Prof Louis du Preez, and colleagues have described another new frog species. Meet Beytell’s bullfrog - Pyxicephalus beytelli. Link to article: doi.org/10.1080/215645…

Kids learning about frogs the fun way at our 2024 Frog Day.

Our postdoc Dr. Phaka has been nominated for 2 awards, emerging researcher award and communication award, at this year’s edition of the NSTF-South32 Awards also known as Science Oscars of South Africa. nstf.org.za/current-nomine…

Submissions open for Embracing Indigenous Perspectives in Herpetology, a special issue of Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science. frontiersin.org/research-topic…

A new South African frog species, endemic to the Cederberg region. mapress.com/zt/article/vie…?

Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science is still accepting submissions for the topic ‘Embracing Indigenous Perspectives in Herpetology’. frontiersin.org/research-topic…

Members of the Herps & Friends @ NWU presenting their work today at the Postgraduate Conference 2024 🐸 Fist year Masters student, Lizzy McHuga doing a speed talk and Final year Masters student, Tiaan Botha presenting his work with a full presentation #UESM_PG24 #UESM NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management NWU - North-West University

Second round of Herps & Friends @ NWU members that presented their work at the UESM Postgraduate Conference 2024 🐸 Final year Masters student, Arno van Niekerk with a full presentation and first year Masters student, Francois Coetzee with a speed talk #UESM_PG24 #UESM NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management NWU - North-West University

Congratulations to our Masters student Lizzy Machuga who got the 3rd place prize for their poster at the 2024 edition of the Oppenheimer Research Conference. #ORC2024 #OGRC #ScienceBeyondBoundaries

Our Masters students, Arno, Francois, Lizzy and Tiaan presented their research at the NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management Postgrad Conference, 17-18 Oct 2024. Francois was awarded best speed talk prize. The other group members in attendance were Joretha (research assistant) and Fortunate (postdoc).

African Amphibian Working Group Meeting in George, Western Cape. Photo - Javier Lobon-Rovira

Congratulations to our postdoc Fortunate Phaka for his Research and Innovation Excellence Award for National & International Recognition and Memberships awarded by NWU - North-West University NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management

We’re at the 16th Conference of the Herpetological Association of Africa combined with the meeting of the African Amphibian Working Group.

Meet Dr Fortunate Phaka, our postdoc who is featured in the South African Tourism campaign promoting the country as a Life Science conferencing destination. NWU - North-West University NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management youtube.com/watch?v=Nyh2a4…

Our Postdoc Dr Fortunate Phaka is on another South African Tourism Promo. youtu.be/n_nVxt_r0ic?fe… NWU - North-West University NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management

South Africa’s frogs and reptiles get their own list of names in local languages theconversation.com/south-africas-… via The Conversation Africa