Gabriella Leighton

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Rhodes University

Gabriella Leighton

Scientists have recognised the potential of widespread internet usage and harnessed it in a range of ways.

Wildlife & Biodiversity

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

Gabriella Leighton

12 Dec 2024

4 min read

A caracal monitored by the Urban Caracal Project, TMC33 Hermes, walks across a pipeline in Cape Town. Photo: Kris Marx

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Cape Town’s caracals have metal pollutants in their blood — an environmental red flag

Gabriella Leighton

05 May 2023

5 min read