Specify Training Session & Workbench Workshop
Dr Ian Engelbrecht will be running the Specify Training Session and Specify Workbench Workshop this coming March. Details below: Specify Training Session: 3 March 2022, 9am – 4pm This is a refresher course on Specify basics: data capture, queries, loans and...
The Shark and Ray Protection Project
A bigeyed sixgill shark (Hexanchus nakamurai) investigating the bait. Dr Elodie Heyns-Veale, KZN Museum At the end of November 2021, a group of scientists from around South Africa met on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal to determine the distribution of sharks...
Species collected after 50 years
Kirstin Williams, KZN Museum A field trip to Umtamvuna Nature Reserve on the south coast in October 2021 yielded an interesting find. A horse fly specimen was collected that was last collected in 1971! The species, Tabanus albilinea, was last collected from Port St...Sharing Is Caring
Siyabonga Zamisa, KZN Museum One of the most important aspects of the museum is to share information and Departments like the Natural Science Department strives to do just that with its collections. One of the mandates for the Natural Science Department, is to publish...
SPNHC Virtual Attendance Grants
The NSCF recognises the value of staff attending international conferences related to natural science collections, specifically conferences dealing with collection and data management, in order to develop local capacity and to establish global networks. The NSCF is...
A word for 2022
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