Great to be elected onto the new committee of the Australasian Wildlife Management Society - one of three NZ based committee members. @awmsociety.bsky.social

Here we go - this is how temperatures have changed over time in Aotearoa, New Zealand. These changes likely increases the environmental impact of many invasive spp across the country... #ShowYourStripesDay #PF2050

Today, there are only three extant genera of the Perissodactyla (odd-toed hoofed animals) worldwide, a group that had >100 genera in the early Eocene. Equus is one of the surviving genera. The plains zebra (Equus quagga) occurs through much of east and southern Africa. ##UngulatesAreAwesome

Another beautiful sunrise over the (still rising) Kavango river, and Bwabwata National Park on the opposite bank.

It's great to be back in Namibia's Zambezi Province (the old Caprivi strip) after 18 months. The flood plains are still inundated, which is likely to make our work a bit trickier than anticipated...

Did you kow that there are four different species of #giraffe across Africa - Masai, northern, reticulated & southern? Pictured here is the South African subspecies of the southern giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) photographed in Marakele National Park, South Africa. #UngulatesAreAwesome #SANParks

I am excited to be part of the organising committee of the next AWMS conference. DYK that It will be held in Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2–4 December 2025? The conference theme is 'New challenges. New solutions'.

Abstracts open on 1st July 2025!

Find out more:
awms.org.au/conference/a...

It's usually entertaining when one gets to sit and observe the common #warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), widely distributed from West Africa across sub-Saharan Africa to Ethiopia. #UngulatesAreAwesome

The Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) is the only mammal to have recovered from being "Extinct in the wild" (1972) to Vulnerable (2011). Picture from when I worked in the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Jiddat-al-Harasis (Oman) - one of only a few fog deserts. #MondayMotivation #Ungulates #WildlifePhotography

In celebration of International Zebra Day (Jan 31).
Mountain zebra (Equus zebra), Mountain Zabra National Park, South Africa. #SANParks, #wildlifephotography

#MondayMotivation
Staring down the challenges of the new week like this endangered Southern mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula), photographed during a hike in the #Drakensberg. #Ungulates #WildlifePhotography

Hippo, photographed while on foot in North Luangwa National Park (Zambia). When thinking of #hippo it is perhaps easier to appreciate that there is an evolutionary relationship between all the even-toed #ungulates and #whales. #WildlifePhotography #AfricanWildlife

All animals are awesome but #ungulates are more awesome than others! Perhaps my African roots cloud my judgement? Nah...
To showcase their beauty, I'll share my favourite ungulate pictures every week, like this Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), from Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa.

Great first visit to #Aoraki Mt Cook National Park. Apart from spectacular #glacier views, I was lucky enough to spot my 1st rifleman - smallest bird in NZ - while there.

Interested in an MSc, studying wildlife and living in a protected area in South Africa? Collaborators and I are advertising a project aimed at investigating shade use by a range of African ungulates, incl. eland (pictured). For project details, please see: www.wmstrauss.com
Please share widely.