Tagging of animals
When working with animals and understanding how they move and live, researchers often use photo identification as a tool. Every…
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The winter birds
Winter has arrived in Plettenberg Bay, and with winter comes the Humpback whales and Southern Right whales. We also see…
Read morePlaying at the Siyakula pre-school
At the Siyakula pre-school the children both learn and play a lot. After their break they will have some kind…
Read moreThe world’s largest plankton
In the ocean we have some of the smallest organisms like bacteria, and the now largest living animals, the whales.…
Read moreOur first Southern Right whale encounter
Even though whales have been spotted from land, on Saturday afternoon we were thrilled to have our first close encounter…
Read moreMarine Protected Areas
What’s a marine protected area (MPA)? Are all MPA’s the same? Do they actually work? The definition of a protected…
Read moreFirst Humpback whales passing by
The first humpback whales have been seen in the Plettenberg Bay area. They are on their migration up north towards…
Read moreAnother day at the Siyakula pre-school
With our (ORCA Foundation and Ocean Blue crew) next visit to the Siyakula pre-school our lesson will be about animals…
Read moreHow long does animals live.
How long does animals live? This is a hard question to answer, since it depends on which aspect we are…
Read moreBottlenose dolphins playing in the surf.
Bottlenose dolphins that play along the beach line are sometimes predictable in their behaviour. When a set of big waves…
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