Applications for the 2026 Conservation Biology MSc programme close on 31 August

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.

The FitzPatrick Institute congratulates Prof. Claire Spottiswoode on her election as a Fellow of the Royal Society

More findings regarding falcon malar stripes

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.

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