Call for applications for the African Raptor Leadership Grant; deadline 30 June

Attack on Mairiri Environmental Centre in Mozambique, an important FitzPatrick study site, in April 2025

More findings regarding falcon malar stripes

The APNR Southern Ground-Hornbill Research Project's April 2025 report is now available.

Congratulations to all the FitzPatrick Institute students who graduated at the April 2, 2025 Science Faculty graduation ceremony!

The Fitz AGM was held on Wednesday, March 19 2025, the Advisory Board met in the morning and staff and students presented talks in the afternoon, followed by drinks and snacks. The 2024 Annual Report is also now available for downloading.

The Cape Town launch of the Max Planck–University of Cape Town Centre for Behaviour and Coevolution took place at the Fitz in March.

Arjun Amar and co-author, Chevonne Reynolds write about their research (conducted along with former Fitz Master's student and lead author, Michelle Vrettos) into the markings under falcons' eyes (malar stripes).

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.

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.

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