AGRICULTURE NEWS - Aardvarks occur across most of sub-Saharan Africa, but very few people have seen one, as they are solitary, active mostly at night, and live in burrows.
They use their spade-like claws to build these burrows and dig up ants and termites on which they feed.
However, seeing aardvarks feeding in the day is becoming more common in the drier parts of the region.
While catching sight of an aardvark may be a delight for wildlife enthusiasts, researchers of the Wildlife Conservation Physiology Laboratory at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) warn that the aardvarks’ behaviour does not bode well for this secretive animal.
New research by the Wits team, with collaborators from the University of Cape Town and University of Pretoria, has revealed how the shift from night-time to daytime activity is affecting the well-being of aardvarks in a warming and drying world.
Read the full article here on the Caxton publication, Farmer's Weekly
