The size of the wattled crane population in KwaZulu-Natal – fewer than 400 birds – makes it incredibly vulnerable to catastrophic events, such as disease. This would put the species at risk of ...

Dr Rion Lerm is a functional ecologist whose thesis focused on the drivers and diversity of bird distribution dynamics in the ...

That's the headline of an urgent appeal by the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), ...

Cranes are some of the world’s most majestic birds, with 15 species found globally. Four of these are found in Africa. The ...

Read more: What South African farmers can do to protect endangered grassland birds Grasslands are also foraging areas for the family of wattled cranes as the chick becomes larger. Wattled cranes ...