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A brief insight into shark vision

Shark Senses With an evolutionary period of over 400 million years, sharks are finely tuned to their environment. Sharks have a total of seven senses to interpret changes in their environment. These senses are: auditory perception (sound), tactician (touch), gustatory Read more…

By Mike Barron, 7 yearsOctober 18, 2017 ago

Coral losses revealed by historic charts

Ghost Reefs A research article published last month in the journal Science Advances details coral losses that are greater than previously imagined. These findings shed new light on the impact of human development on our oceans, a particularly hot topic Read more…

By Dylan Irion, 8 yearsOctober 1, 2017 ago

ELMO: New research project!

Exciting new citizen science study! Cape RADD is proud to announce that our students will be participating in a new collaborative research project from the South African Elasmobranch Monitoring team (ELMO). In their words, “ELMO is a citizen science project, Read more…

By Dylan Irion, 8 yearsSeptember 1, 2017 ago

Our Story

Mike and Dylan’s Story Mike and Dylan, Cape RADD course directors, have been working in the field of marine biology for the better part of a decade now. They first met in South Africa on a research internship back in Read more…

By Mike Barron, 8 yearsAugust 20, 2017 ago

Welcome to Cape RADD

Welcome to Cape RADD! We have been working tirelessly over the past year to put together an exciting new field course and in just a few short months we will be launching. The month-long programme is aimed at young biologists, Read more…

By The Team, 8 yearsJune 26, 2017 ago