Articles on caracals

December 11, 2024

Cat videos and wild caracals: how the internet’s viral trends can help conservation

Gabriella Leighton, University of Cape Town and Laurel Serieys, University of Cape Town

Social media is an effective way to raise conservation awareness about wildlife living on the urban edges.

May 4, 2023

Gabriella Leighton, Rhodes University and Jacqueline Bishop, University of Cape Town

Caracals are most likely being exposed to metals like arsenic, lead and mercury through their diet.

July 11, 2022

Gabriella Leighton, Rhodes University and Jacqueline Bishop, University of Cape Town

Caracals that hunt closer to urban areas where human population density is higher, have higher levels of chemicals in their systems.

Gabriella Leighton
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Cape Town
Jacqueline Bishop
Senior Lecturer in Conservation Ecology & Genetics, University of Cape Town
Laurel Serieys
Postdoctoral Fellow - University of California and Institute for Communities and Wildlife, University of Cape Town