Announcing the launch of the Max Planck–University of Cape Town Centre for Behaviour and Coevolution, a collaborative venture of the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence.

The Fitz Heritage Gallery brings together items of heritage value from around the institute and provides context and information about our past and current work. You can now view digital versions of Gallery exhibits on our webpage.

The Sociable Weaver Project is recruiting two field managers for the 2024/2025 breeding season, starting in early February 2025. The closing date is 30 November 2024.

We invite applications for a research assistant to collect field data on breeding success of Southern Yellow-billed Hornbills against hot weather conditions under climate change. The deadline is 30 November 2024.

A study led by Fitz PhD student Vonica Perold on seabirds indicates little change in the amounts of plastic at sea since the 1980s, despite the increase in global plastic production in that time.

Fitz PhD student and Mandela Rhodes Scholar, Merlyn Nomusa Nkomo is featured on UCT News this week. Read about her passion for conservation science and for equality, transformation, and inclusivity in science.

Claire Spottiswoode and Callan Cohen participated in a biodiversity expedition to Mount Mabu in Mozambique, where they confirmed the presence of the endangered Namuli Apalis.

UCT was recently ranked 13th in the world for Sustainable Development Goal 14, Life Below Water, thanks in part to Fitz-led research.