“How do I do that in R?”: Ethographer What’s an accelerometer? Next up in our series of tutorials is a revisiting of some ancient work that I conducted while earning a masters degree at the University of Cape Town. In Read more…
Monitoring the distribution of kelp We love kelp here at Cape RADD, if you haven’t gotten that by now then I don’t know what you’re reading. I try to use the word kelp in a sentence at least once a Read more…
Two Oceans We spend a lot of time in our Citizen Science day and biodiversity lectures speaking about oceanography and the Agulhas and Benguela currents. It is largely because of these two ocean currents that Cape Town sees such a Read more…
Great white sharks are one of the oceans most notorious shark species, a top apex predator with one of the most remarkable and eye-catching predatory hunting behaviors documented in the natural world, the Polaris breach. White sharks have often Read more…
False Bay, an area of natural beauty and biodiversity! False Bay is one of the most varied and diverse areas in the world for marine life and plays host to an abundance of species large and small, from an Read more…
We’re in love with all things kelp here at Cape RADD. We love kelp and we love lookin’ at it. Kelp forever! That’s why we loved this new Open-Access article published Tuesday in the journal Functional Ecology. Noisette F, Hurd Read more…
The Cape RADD Big Bad BioBlitz! Attention all SCUBA Divers, Snorkelers and ocean lovers! Cape RADD are excited to be invited to the Cape Town Dive festival as a competition organizer this year! This is Cape RADD’s first time at Read more…
And how can they improve my freediving? First-time freedivers are often asking about a ‘magic bullet’ that will unlock their breath holds; a secret trick that enables us to stay down for so long. Perhaps it’s because seemingly anyone can Read more…
Volunteering? Internship? What am I doing? Which is right for me? We’ve all experienced the chicken-egg dilemma that is the work experience-job application. “Applicant must have 5 years experience.” So how do you get yourself out of this situation and Read more…
Women and girls all over the world continue to be excluded from participating fully in science. On this International Day it is important to spread awareness to end discriminatory stereotypes, create equal access to education and establish more opportunities for Read more…
