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

The Fitz remembers pioneering seabird biologist Dr Tony Williams

A study of 18 birds of prey and 8 large terrestrial bird species, involving repeated road counts over a distance of 391,789 km across central South Africa from 2009 to 2025, found substantial population declines in 13 of these 26 species.

A newly published study shows for the first time that human-to-wildlife communication can vary within a region in much the same way that human languages develop local dialects.

A newly-published collaborative study by researchers at the Fitz, Pretoria University, Wits, and SANBI shows that elevated humidity significantly increases the risk of lethal hyperthermia in small birds.

Congratulations to all the FitzPatrick Institute students who graduated at the 9 September 2025 Science Faculty graduation ceremony!

Fitz Doctoral student, Merlyn Nkomo, is one of five UCT women to have been selected for the Mawazo Fellowship.

Every year, our Conservation Biology Master's students are taken on a two week field trip to Tswalu in the southern Kalahari. Read a blog post by Inaê Guion about how these two weeks breathe life into Conservation Biology theory.

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

Update on the attack on Mariri Environmental Centre in Mozambique, an important FitzPatrick study site, in April 2025

Gabriel Jamie and colleagues have published a study that investigates why the chicks of estrildid finches have such striking variation in appearance.