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Orcas Demonstrate They No Longer Need to Hunt in Packs

An orca (killer whale) has been observed, for the first-ever time, individually consuming a great white shark – and within just two minutes. “The astonishing predation, off the coast of Mossel Bay, South Africa, represents unprecedented...

Special Issue on Avian Moult - Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology

Feathers are the foundation of the grace and beauty for birds, but to keep them looking pretty behind the scenes, a crucial process unfolds—the annual replacement of the feathers, known as moult. A recent global...

Moult Special Issue in Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology

Feathers are the foundation of the grace and beauty for birds, but to keep them looking pretty behind the scenes, a crucial process unfolds—the annual replacement of the feathers, known as moult. A recent global...

Treatment Action Campaign in Khayelitsha, Cape Town

Led by Zackie Achmat, The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) emerged as a protest campaign against the lack of access to treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa in 1998. In the 2000s, TAC evolved...

African Humanities Series now co-published with Routledge

NISC is proud to announce that the African Humanities Series of books is now co-published with Routledge (Taylor & Francis). This follows the successful co-publishing agreement in the journal space with Taylor & Francis that...