A Citizen Scientist’s Place in Marine Conservation What is Citizen Science? Citizen Science is a relatively new phenomenon whereby ‘non-specialists’ e.g. the general public can get involved with collecting and analysing data on various topics and species alongside scientists. “projects Read more
The South African National Biodiversity Institute – SANBI IDentifyit app is a practical tool for the identification of South African endangered and protected species. The app was created to assist customs officials but we’ve found it to be a handy Read more
Cape Town, South Africa – A year-round awesome destination I will always remember as a child a knock on my bedroom door from my mother who seemed extremely excited to tell me something, “I’ve just won a family holiday to Read more
Bio-mimicry is the utilisation of naturally occurring adaptations of animal and plant species and can improve human advances in many areas such as medicine, industry and architecture. Investigation into bio-mimicry can often offer more sustainable, affordable and simple solutions to human developments Read more
Shark Senses With an evolutionary period of over 400 million years, sharks are finely tuned to their environment. Sharks have a total of seven senses to interpret changes in their environment. These senses are: auditory perception (sound), tactician (touch), gustatory Read more
Ghost Reefs A research article published last month in the journal Science Advances details coral losses that are greater than previously imagined. These findings shed new light on the impact of human development on our oceans, a particularly hot topic Read more
Exciting new citizen science study! Cape RADD is proud to announce that our students will be participating in a new collaborative research project from the South African Elasmobranch Monitoring team (ELMO). In their words, “ELMO is a citizen science project, Read more
Welcome to Cape RADD! We have been working tirelessly over the past year to put together an exciting new field course and in just a few short months we will be launching. The month-long programme is aimed at young biologists, Read more
