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Everything you need to know about Etosha National Park in Namibia – home of giant white elephants & crowded waterholes during the dry season

A thicket is a dense, almost impenetrable tangle of trees, shrubs, and vines, that is home to a host of biodiversity. Here is why you should spare a thought for thickets

Exploring the wild places of Namibia makes for a different kind of honeymoon, and our road trip turned out to be the journey of a lifetime

iSimangaliso is a World Heritage Site – a rich and diverse ecosystem that attracts nature lovers and provides sustainable livelihoods for many

Connect to your food and the rhythm of nature in a new, fresh and wild way by growing these 12 indigenous edible plants.

Penguins are in trouble. A 1930’s video clip with Cherry Kearton gives an insight into the extent of the endangered African penguin population decline.

Hermanus and False Bay – things to do, what, when and how. A complete guide to having fun on Cape Town’s coastline – from a local

Facing multiple threats including poisoning by poachers, African vultures are declining at a critical rate and researchers suggest that they are heading towards extinction.

The bat-eared fox is a cute, shy creature that wanders around southern Africa’s drier landscapes at night in search of food

SANCCOB rescues 30 penguins from an oil spill in the Eastern Cape.

The black mamba is a misunderstood snake – the subject of many urban legends and exaggerated claims Learn more here

65 vultures and a tawny eagle found dead in a poisoning incident on a private farm north-west of Hoedspruit.

The Ruvuma River does not give up her secrets easily – but that did not stop 4 intrepid researchers from journeying its length

In the highlands of Ethiopia, American scientist Meg Lowman is working with local forest ecologist Alemayehu Wassie to protect ancient church forests. As in many developing countries, much of Ethiopia’s original forests have been cleared for subsistence agriculture and for harvesting timber and firewood, diminishing northern Ethiopia’s forest cover from 45% of its territory in …

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I was used to working in the savannahs of eastern and southern Africa, where the animals I studied roamed in full sight. I was used to the relative comfort and safety of getting around in a 4×4, and my camera went everywhere with me. Then, in 2010, I arrived in the Central African country of …

Continue reading “Finding gold in Gabon – the golden cat”

Walking through the ashes of Table Mountain National Park after last week’s monumental fire, I didn’t expect to see it as a landscape teeming with life, and yet it was. The sensation was one mixed with awe at the devastation and wonder at the nature that has survived or is already emerging. The fire raged …

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A wild-born female Cape parrot rehabilitated from a deadly viral infection and released back into the wild in 2011 has been seen on several occasions, apparently healthy and living the life.

The NSPCA speaks out on why selective breeding for colour morphs has absolutely no benefit to the individual animal, the species, biodiversity or conservation as a whole.

Liuwa Plain, a remote national park in Zambia, is a conservation success story because of cooperation from villagers that live inside the park

Humans are largely to blame for the rapid demise of one of Africa’s most famous birds – the bearded vulture.