All 54 posts, newest first.
- August 2026
Dark colouration on the anterior surface of the forelegs (‘dark leg-front’) in ungulates, part 1: the common duiker (Cephalophinae: Sylvicapra grimmia)18 Aug 2026
Previously overlooked expansions of the ‘bles’ in the blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), signifying full maturity, beyond adulthood18 Aug 2026
The possible adaptive value of high eyes and ears in the grey rhebok (Pelea capreolus)18 Aug 2026
Dwarf ebonies, part 3: adaptation of Diospyros to winter-rainfall and adjacent climates is unique to South Africa18 Aug 2026
Five remarkable aspects of the natural history of the grey rhebok (Pelea capreolus)9 Aug 2026- Paradoxes in Bubalus9 Aug 2026
- My current benchtop remediation of chocolate for healthy consumption, via a freely-available community of microbes9 Aug 2026
- The natural history of the ancestral river buffalo, ‘Bubalus semiamphibius’, by comparison with the African savanna buffalo (Syncerus caffer), part 19 Aug 2026
A fundamental but overlooked puzzle of colouration in domestic mammals9 Aug 2026
A picture worth a thousand words, of Acridotheres tristis tristis with Bubalus bubalis9 Aug 2026
Why is the river buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) so dark-pigmented as to be prone to overheating?9 Aug 2026
Contrary to field guide-books, reedbucks (Redunca spp.) do not flag the tail in alarm, part 4: Comparison with a reedbuck-like cervid, Hyelaphus porcinus9 Aug 2026
Contrary to field guide-books, reedbucks (Redunca spp.) do not flag the tail in alarm, part 3: The ten clearest illustrations of caudal advertisement9 Aug 2026
‘Proshading’, a new term for the converse of the countershading so well-known in the adaptive colouration of animals9 Aug 2026
A possible new genus of extinct megafauna in the Holocene of Eurasia, in the form of Anoa mephistopheles9 Aug 2026
Two puzzles about euchromic (entirely pigmentary) brindling in the colouration of animals7 Aug 2026
A picture worth a thousand words, combining the bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus), the Cape dune mole-rat (Bathyergus suillus), and rooibos tea (Aspalathus linearis), at Bushmanskloof, Western Cape, South Africa7 Aug 2026
Introducing a formal biological term – ‘silvatic’ – for wild-type colouration, relevant to domestic organisms7 Aug 2026
Reintroduction of the western white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes mearnsi) to Crescent Island, Lake Naivasha, and its spontaneous spread to Hell’s Gate National Park7 Aug 2026- Dysmoralisation, a new term in the cultural biology of Homo sapiens7 Aug 2026
A picture worth a thousand words, on bleezes, flaggs, and semets in the adaptive colouration of ‘plains game’ in the Serengeti7 Aug 2026
Catoptric effects (‘sheen/antisheen’) in the adaptive colouration of mammals, exemplified by alcelaphine bovids (Bovidae: Alcelaphinae), part 2: A focus on the topi (Damaliscus korrigum jimela)7 Aug 2026
Catoptric effects (‘sheen/antisheen’) in the adaptive colouration of mammals, exemplified by alcelaphine bovids (Bovidae: Alcelaphinae), part 17 Aug 2026
Ontogenetic development in the topi (Damaliscus korrigum jimela)7 Aug 2026- A first record of mirror-induced aggression in the Australian raven (Corvus coronoides)7 Aug 2026
‘Planic’: a new scientific term for one of the main categories of adaptive colouration, helping animals to ‘hide in plain sight’ from predators7 Aug 2026- Which is the ‘jackal’ of the Americas? The coyote (Canis latrans), the culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus), and the lost Dusicyon7 Aug 2026
Jasminum/Chrysojasminum (Oleaceae) in mediterranean-type climates on five continents and an archipelago7 Aug 2026- The incidence of distress-calls in birds7 Aug 2026
A comparison of body masses in the galliform faunas (Phasianidae and Numididae) of similar latitudes in southern Africa (northern Kruger National Park) and India (Bandhavgarh National Park)7 Aug 2026- Jasminum multipartitum (Oleaceae) as a ‘domestic’ plant not needing domestication7 Aug 2026
- Why the lion (Panthera leo) is naturally so timid towards Homo sapiens7 Aug 2026
A vegetative photo-guide to the jasmines (Oleaceae: Jasminum) indigenous to Eastern Cape province, South Africa7 Aug 2026
The anomalous occurrence of the roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) in Chobe National Park, Botswana7 Aug 2026- Capparis tomentosa in megaherbivore-dominated savannas: perhaps the world’s only wild vine to signify an entire landscape, part 4: the former role of the hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)7 Aug 2026
- Improvement of common names in canid species (Canidae)7 Aug 2026
Does the North African jackal (Canis anthus) coexist with the kekebero (Canis simensis) in the Highlands of Ethiopia?7 Aug 2026
A comparison of ‘jackals’ between North America (Canis latrans) and South America (Lycalopex culpaeus)7 Aug 2026
Jackals6 Aug 2026
Advertisement-colouration in a carnivore: the kekebero (Canis simensis), part 26 Aug 2026- Advertisement-colouration in a carnivore: the kekebero (Canis simensis), part 15 Aug 2026
Plasticfruits, part 8: the case of Ziziphus/Paliurus (Rhamnaceae)5 Aug 2026
Plasticfruits, part 6: the case of Chasmanthe (Iridaceae)5 Aug 2026
Plasticfruits, part 5: the case of Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae)5 Aug 2026
Plasticfruits, part 4: the case of Chenopodium (Amaranthaceae)5 Aug 2026
Plasticfruits, part 3: Thymelaeaceae5 Aug 2026
Plasticfruits, part 2: Polygalaceae5 Aug 2026
Plasticfruits, part 1: How an ordinary daisy becomes extraordinarily fruity5 Aug 2026
A previously overlooked anti-predator behaviour in the bohor reedbuck (Redunca redunca): rotating the ears while ‘freezing’ immobile in apprehension5 Aug 2026
Why the side-striped jackal (Lupulella adusta) could be called ‘the baffledog’4 Aug 2026
Concise photo-guide to the jackals of the world (Canidae: Canis / Lupulella / Lycalopex)4 Aug 2026
A succinct photo-guide to subspecies of the bush duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)4 Aug 2026
Capparis tomentosa in megaherbivore-dominated savannas: perhaps the world’s only wild vine to signify an entire landscape4 Aug 2026
The Serengeti ecosystem has its own, previously neglected subspecies of Coke’s hartebeest, namely Alcelaphus cokii kongoni (Heller, 1912)4 Aug 2026
