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Naming South African frogs and reptiles in nine Indigenous languages

Identifying and naming every plant and animal in nature is a challenging endeavour. Zoologist, Dr Fortunate Phaka has taken on this task by leading the first in-depth study of how frogs and reptiles are named...

Call for Papers: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology

Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s work may be understood either as continuing Husserl’s imperative to ‘return to the things themselves’, or as advancing the phenomenological movement to the pinnacle of its most radical expression. In either case, Merleau-Ponty...

Paving the way to detect adult malnourished patients

Hospital malnutrition, particularly disease-related malnutrition (DRM), is a significant public health concern associated with increased morbidity, mortality and costs. Malnutrition often goes undetected in hospitals, particularly in countries such as South Africa, where many people...

Trend and Population Size of White-necked Rockfowl

The White-necked Rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus) is a rare passerine bird endemic to the Upper Guinea forests of West Africa, and, with fewer than 10,000 mature individuals globally, the species is classified as Vulnerable on the...

Small Tunas, Big Significance – African Journal of Marine Science

The sustainability of tuna stocks in the southwestern Indian Oceans remains a critical concern, with the stock status of tunas such as kawakawa Euthynnus affinis being poorly understood due to limited assessments although data available...