Cape Batis (Batis capensis)
The Cape batis is a small, stout insect-eating passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is endemic to the Afromontane forests of southern Africa.
#birds #photography #nature
The Cape batis is a small, stout insect-eating passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is endemic to the Afromontane forests of southern Africa.
#birds #photography #nature
August 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Cape Batis (Batis capensis)
The Cape batis is a small, stout insect-eating passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is endemic to the Afromontane forests of southern Africa.
#birds #photography #nature
The Cape batis is a small, stout insect-eating passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is endemic to the Afromontane forests of southern Africa.
#birds #photography #nature
Angola has declared its highest mountain, Mount Moco, part of a new conservation area to protect its threatened Afromontane forests. The announcement builds on years of work by local villagers, who have planted over 8,000 trees and helped protect surviving forest. buff.ly/5mZiin7
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Angola’s highest mountain and its unique wildlife are now protected
Angola has declared its highest mountain, Mount Moco, part of a new conservation area to protect its threatened Afromontane forests. The Serra do Moco Conservation Area, which includes a complex of…
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May 23, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Angola has declared its highest mountain, Mount Moco, part of a new conservation area to protect its threatened Afromontane forests. The announcement builds on years of work by local villagers, who have planted over 8,000 trees and helped protect surviving forest. buff.ly/5mZiin7
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
This is pretty much where people are from. Not bad
July 20, 2023 at 2:19 AM
This is pretty much where people are from. Not bad
30 years in the making! Using multisite pollen data we show how Afromontane ecosystems responded to climate change and human interaction over the last 50,000 years
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June 16, 2025 at 8:23 AM
30 years in the making! Using multisite pollen data we show how Afromontane ecosystems responded to climate change and human interaction over the last 50,000 years
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For #ForestFriday here is a #scape shot on the Otter trail.
Starting at Storms river and ending at Nature's Valley this trail is truly epic. Here is a shot taken in the pristine afromontane forest.
#BlueskyArtShow
Starting at Storms river and ending at Nature's Valley this trail is truly epic. Here is a shot taken in the pristine afromontane forest.
#BlueskyArtShow
June 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
For #ForestFriday here is a #scape shot on the Otter trail.
Starting at Storms river and ending at Nature's Valley this trail is truly epic. Here is a shot taken in the pristine afromontane forest.
#BlueskyArtShow
Starting at Storms river and ending at Nature's Valley this trail is truly epic. Here is a shot taken in the pristine afromontane forest.
#BlueskyArtShow
Really missing the cooler Afromontane climate of Tanzania’s Usambara Mountains right now…
June 24, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Really missing the cooler Afromontane climate of Tanzania’s Usambara Mountains right now…
📢📄Paper alert!
Our database and identification key on woods from the Afromontane forest is out! 🪵⛰
brill.com/view/journal...
Our database and identification key on woods from the Afromontane forest is out! 🪵⛰
brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com
December 20, 2024 at 5:04 PM
📢📄Paper alert!
Our database and identification key on woods from the Afromontane forest is out! 🪵⛰
brill.com/view/journal...
Our database and identification key on woods from the Afromontane forest is out! 🪵⛰
brill.com/view/journal...
Angola has declared its highest peak, Mount Moco, a new conservation area.
This new 22,000-hectare reserve safeguards unique birdlife and vital forest patches. Conservationists are celebrating a milestone for Angola’s biodiversity and scientific research.
Ryan Truscott reports for #Mongabay.
This new 22,000-hectare reserve safeguards unique birdlife and vital forest patches. Conservationists are celebrating a milestone for Angola’s biodiversity and scientific research.
Ryan Truscott reports for #Mongabay.
Angola’s highest mountain and its unique wildlife are now protected
Angola has declared its highest mountain, Mount Moco, part of a new conservation area to protect its threatened Afromontane forests. The Serra do Moco Conservation Area, which includes a complex of…
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April 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Angola has declared its highest peak, Mount Moco, a new conservation area.
This new 22,000-hectare reserve safeguards unique birdlife and vital forest patches. Conservationists are celebrating a milestone for Angola’s biodiversity and scientific research.
Ryan Truscott reports for #Mongabay.
This new 22,000-hectare reserve safeguards unique birdlife and vital forest patches. Conservationists are celebrating a milestone for Angola’s biodiversity and scientific research.
Ryan Truscott reports for #Mongabay.
Cape Batis.
The Cape batis (Batis capensis) is a small, stout insect-eating passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is endemic to the Afromontane forests of southern Africa.
The song is typically a triple whistle cherra-warra-warra or foo-foo-foo.
📸: @ruan_minnar_wildlife
The Cape batis (Batis capensis) is a small, stout insect-eating passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is endemic to the Afromontane forests of southern Africa.
The song is typically a triple whistle cherra-warra-warra or foo-foo-foo.
📸: @ruan_minnar_wildlife
October 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Cape Batis.
The Cape batis (Batis capensis) is a small, stout insect-eating passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is endemic to the Afromontane forests of southern Africa.
The song is typically a triple whistle cherra-warra-warra or foo-foo-foo.
📸: @ruan_minnar_wildlife
The Cape batis (Batis capensis) is a small, stout insect-eating passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is endemic to the Afromontane forests of southern Africa.
The song is typically a triple whistle cherra-warra-warra or foo-foo-foo.
📸: @ruan_minnar_wildlife
Last EOLab contribution at #LPS25 for today:
Heather Cox et al.: Mapping tree invasions in an Afromontane ecosystem with multidecadal #Landsat and #Sentinel-2 data
17:45 at X5 – Poster Area, Zone L-N
More to come in the next days, have a look: eolab.geographie.hu-berlin.de/uploads/EOLa...
Heather Cox et al.: Mapping tree invasions in an Afromontane ecosystem with multidecadal #Landsat and #Sentinel-2 data
17:45 at X5 – Poster Area, Zone L-N
More to come in the next days, have a look: eolab.geographie.hu-berlin.de/uploads/EOLa...
June 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Last EOLab contribution at #LPS25 for today:
Heather Cox et al.: Mapping tree invasions in an Afromontane ecosystem with multidecadal #Landsat and #Sentinel-2 data
17:45 at X5 – Poster Area, Zone L-N
More to come in the next days, have a look: eolab.geographie.hu-berlin.de/uploads/EOLa...
Heather Cox et al.: Mapping tree invasions in an Afromontane ecosystem with multidecadal #Landsat and #Sentinel-2 data
17:45 at X5 – Poster Area, Zone L-N
More to come in the next days, have a look: eolab.geographie.hu-berlin.de/uploads/EOLa...
Excited about the new Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) on Integrative #Conservation Biology w focus on the #savanna and #Afromontane region from Ethiopia to South Africa -great to have @econovoau.bsky.social @au.dk part of this🌍🌳🗻🦓♨️
#AfricaEuropeCoRE #climatechange #sustainability
#AfricaEuropeCoRE #climatechange #sustainability
🌍 The Guild and ARUA are delighted to announce the latest addition to the #AfricaEuropeCoRE with the launch of the CoRE on 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
Learn more here ➡️ www.the-guild.eu/africa-europ...
Learn more here ➡️ www.the-guild.eu/africa-europ...
October 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Excited about the new Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) on Integrative #Conservation Biology w focus on the #savanna and #Afromontane region from Ethiopia to South Africa -great to have @econovoau.bsky.social @au.dk part of this🌍🌳🗻🦓♨️
#AfricaEuropeCoRE #climatechange #sustainability
#AfricaEuropeCoRE #climatechange #sustainability
Nature research paper: Twenty-first century emergence of alpine fire in Central African mountains
go.nature.com/49vbS6E
go.nature.com/49vbS6E
Twenty-first century emergence of alpine fire in Central African mountains - Nature
A twenty-first century fire is shown to be the first to have affected a high-elevation region in the central African mountains in the past 12,000 years, and previous burning at mid-elevations highlights the potential role of humans in transforming Afromontane ecosystems.
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May 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Nature research paper: Twenty-first century emergence of alpine fire in Central African mountains
go.nature.com/49vbS6E
go.nature.com/49vbS6E
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Species characteristics predict the effectiveness of avian survey methods in an Afromontane sky-island | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Vikram Malhi, Gino Brignoli, Jane Hallam, Peter Njoroge, Luc Lens, Marius Somveille, Julia J. Day | #ornithology 🪶
Species characteristics predict the effectiveness of avian survey methods in an Afromontane sky-island | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Vikram Malhi, Gino Brignoli, Jane Hallam, Peter Njoroge, Luc Lens, Marius Somveille, Julia J. Day | #ornithology 🪶
October 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Species characteristics predict the effectiveness of avian survey methods in an Afromontane sky-island | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Vikram Malhi, Gino Brignoli, Jane Hallam, Peter Njoroge, Luc Lens, Marius Somveille, Julia J. Day | #ornithology 🪶
Species characteristics predict the effectiveness of avian survey methods in an Afromontane sky-island | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Vikram Malhi, Gino Brignoli, Jane Hallam, Peter Njoroge, Luc Lens, Marius Somveille, Julia J. Day | #ornithology 🪶
In its MountainPlatform article, the #Afromontane Research Unit, University of the Free State, South Africa, presents the Malagasy Mountain Programme, a collaborative initiative to promote national and international research, policy, and development interest in #Madagascar’s mountains: t.ly/Nj5vP
January 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In its MountainPlatform article, the #Afromontane Research Unit, University of the Free State, South Africa, presents the Malagasy Mountain Programme, a collaborative initiative to promote national and international research, policy, and development interest in #Madagascar’s mountains: t.ly/Nj5vP
Kudos to y Giuseppe Briatico for leading our paper about environment and climate during the early Pleistocene at Melka Wakena and Gadeb, as part of his 2-year stint as a Lady Davis Fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Seasonal-to-interannual hydroclimatic variability in Afromontane environments during the late Early Pleistocene hominin occupations on the Southeastern Ethiopian Highlands - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Seasonal-to-interannual hydroclimatic variability in Afromontane environments during the late Early Pleistocene hominin occupations on the Southeastern Ethiopian Highlands
doi.org
July 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Kudos to y Giuseppe Briatico for leading our paper about environment and climate during the early Pleistocene at Melka Wakena and Gadeb, as part of his 2-year stint as a Lady Davis Fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🚨 #EGU26 poster alert!
"Afromontane Grassland Carbon Dynamics in a Changing World"
👩🎓 @anna-dam.bsky.social
🚩 X1.61
🕰️ Wednesday May 6th 08:30-10:15
#ecosystem #carbonflux #CO2
@unibergen.bsky.social @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @bjerknes.uib.no @li-corenv.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social
"Afromontane Grassland Carbon Dynamics in a Changing World"
👩🎓 @anna-dam.bsky.social
🚩 X1.61
🕰️ Wednesday May 6th 08:30-10:15
#ecosystem #carbonflux #CO2
@unibergen.bsky.social @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @bjerknes.uib.no @li-corenv.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social
Abstract EGU26-22428
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April 27, 2026 at 1:43 PM
🚨 #EGU26 poster alert!
"Afromontane Grassland Carbon Dynamics in a Changing World"
👩🎓 @anna-dam.bsky.social
🚩 X1.61
🕰️ Wednesday May 6th 08:30-10:15
#ecosystem #carbonflux #CO2
@unibergen.bsky.social @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @bjerknes.uib.no @li-corenv.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social
"Afromontane Grassland Carbon Dynamics in a Changing World"
👩🎓 @anna-dam.bsky.social
🚩 X1.61
🕰️ Wednesday May 6th 08:30-10:15
#ecosystem #carbonflux #CO2
@unibergen.bsky.social @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @bjerknes.uib.no @li-corenv.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social
"We found no evidence of migratory behavior in species that exhibit this behavior today. Ancient foragers likely hunted prey that were available year-round, consistent with zooarchaeological and genetic evidence for reduced mobility at the end of the Pleistocene." 🏺🧪🦣
Biogeochemical evidence for targeted landscape use in ancient foragers of Malawi - Communications Earth & Environment
Foragers hunted small game locally and procured most large prey in riparian habitats and Afromontane grasslands to the southeast of the Kasitu Valley of northern Malawi, suggesting that migratory beha...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
"We found no evidence of migratory behavior in species that exhibit this behavior today. Ancient foragers likely hunted prey that were available year-round, consistent with zooarchaeological and genetic evidence for reduced mobility at the end of the Pleistocene." 🏺🧪🦣
Afromontane understory birds increase in body size over four decades
full article: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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full article: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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January 29, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Afromontane understory birds increase in body size over four decades
full article: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@nordicoikos.bsky.social @mwtingley.bsky.social @mhcneateclegg.bsky.social #ornithology
full article: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@nordicoikos.bsky.social @mwtingley.bsky.social @mhcneateclegg.bsky.social #ornithology
The data paper for the 7th Plant Functional Traits Course has been published! We sampled 171 species across an 800 m elevation gradient in Witsieshoek, South Africa. The dataset covers morphological traits, leaf assimilation, thermal imaging, ecosystem fluxes and much more:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Plant traits and associated ecological data from Afromontane grasslands of Maloti-Drakensberg, South Africa - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Plant traits and associated ecological data from Afromontane grasslands of Maloti-Drakensberg, South Africa
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The data paper for the 7th Plant Functional Traits Course has been published! We sampled 171 species across an 800 m elevation gradient in Witsieshoek, South Africa. The dataset covers morphological traits, leaf assimilation, thermal imaging, ecosystem fluxes and much more:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
The #Maloti-Drakensberg gradient is s gem - lot of cool data collected by the #PFTC7 team, and several cool research papers in the making! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Plant traits and associated ecological data from Afromontane grasslands of Maloti-Drakensberg, South Africa - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Plant traits and associated ecological data from Afromontane grasslands of Maloti-Drakensberg, South Africa
www.nature.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:14 AM
The #Maloti-Drakensberg gradient is s gem - lot of cool data collected by the #PFTC7 team, and several cool research papers in the making! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thrilled to return to Tanzania's Usambara Mountains in 2026! With support from the NSF International Research Experiences for Students program, we're launching the next phase of U·M·A·P·P, the Ecological Resilience of Afromontane Forests project. Check out more on the project below 👇
U·M·A·P·P
Usambara Mountains Archaeology and Palaeoecology Project
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July 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Thrilled to return to Tanzania's Usambara Mountains in 2026! With support from the NSF International Research Experiences for Students program, we're launching the next phase of U·M·A·P·P, the Ecological Resilience of Afromontane Forests project. Check out more on the project below 👇
This is Afromontane mist-belt forest in the mountains in the far north of South Africa. A bit blurry (shit phone camera) but can you spot the monkeys? (they are there!)
November 20, 2024 at 9:58 AM
This is Afromontane mist-belt forest in the mountains in the far north of South Africa. A bit blurry (shit phone camera) but can you spot the monkeys? (they are there!)
Chimanimani National Park (est. 2020) in Mozambique protects mountainous wilderness with rich biodiversity: its varied micro-climates support a mix of rare antelopes, unique amphibians & endemic birds. The region is an Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot with over 1,000 vascular plant species.
June 16, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Chimanimani National Park (est. 2020) in Mozambique protects mountainous wilderness with rich biodiversity: its varied micro-climates support a mix of rare antelopes, unique amphibians & endemic birds. The region is an Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot with over 1,000 vascular plant species.
This is a really interesting paper led by the brilliant Alex Bertacchi using isotopes to understand landscape use by ancient foragers in Malawi. I had a very minor role in the fieldwork back in 2019. Good science can take a long time 🏺
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Biogeochemical evidence for targeted landscape use in ancient foragers of Malawi - Communications Earth & Environment
Foragers hunted small game locally and procured most large prey in riparian habitats and Afromontane grasslands to the southeast of the Kasitu Valley of northern Malawi, suggesting that migratory beha...
www.nature.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is a really interesting paper led by the brilliant Alex Bertacchi using isotopes to understand landscape use by ancient foragers in Malawi. I had a very minor role in the fieldwork back in 2019. Good science can take a long time 🏺
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...