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When a melanistic serval meets a spotted serval
Black / melanistic serval sightings are a rare occurrence, and getting great photos is even less likely. Check out these exquisite photos!
Photographer of the Year 2024 Weekly Selection: Week 5
Photographer of the Year 2024 is finally here! Enter for a chance to win a safari and to sponsor a lion research collar
Genets of Africa
Genets are the cat-like carnivores of Africa, frequently spotted on safari. Learn more about the 14 species of genet found on the continent
Photographer of the Year 2023 Finalists – Gallery 2
The finalists for Photographer of the Year 2023 are here! Submissions are closed. Winners will be announced in early June.
Photographer of the Year 2023 Top 101 – Gallery 3
Photographer of the Year 2023 entries for the Top 101 are here! Submissions are now closed. Winners will be announced in early June.
Photographer of the Year 2023 Weekly Selection: Week 13 – Gallery 3
Photographer of the Year 2023 entries for Week 13 are here! Submissions are now closed. Winners will be announced in early June.
Photographer of the Year 2023 Weekly Selection: Week 6
Photographer of the Year 2023 entries for Week 6 are here! Enter for a chance to win your share of US$10,000 and a Botswana safari.
Photographer of the Year 2023 Weekly Selection: Week 1
Photographer of the Year 2023 entries for Week 1 are here! Enter for a chance to win your share of US$10,000 and a Botswana safari.
15 top African wildlife experiences
The ultimate guide to your African safari bucket list. Here are our choices of 15 top African wildlife experiences on the continent
Serval
With its long limbs, spotted coat and characteristic spring-loaded pounce, the serval is one of the most striking cat species in Africa
Photographer of the Year 2021 Weekly Selection: Week 16
Fantastic images from our Photographer of the Year 2021. Enter now to win US$10,000 cash and a Botswana safari
Laikipia – land of staggering natural beauty
Laikipia in Kenya – a land of staggering beauty & biodiversity – a mosaic of wildlife conservancies, ranchlands & commercial farms
Photographer of the Year 2020 Weekly Selection: Week 22 – Gallery 3
These fantastic images from entrants to Africa Geographic’s Photographer of the Year will have you contacting AG to arrange your next safari.
Black honey badgers spotted in Gabon
4 Melanistic (black) honey badgers captured on a camera trap in Gabon.
Incredible sighting: Rare spotted zebra foal sighted in Maasai Mara
A rare spotted zebra foal with what appears to be pseudo-melanistic colouring has been sighted in the Maasai Mara in Kenya.
Photographer of the Year 2019 Weekly Selection: Week 21: Gallery 1
Our Photographer of the Year 2019 competition is now in the last week for receiving entries and at midnight on April 30th (CAT time) the competition will close for submissions, after which our judges will spend the month of May considering every selected photo before announcing our winners! There are four galleries showcasing this week’s Weekly Selection. To see …
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Black leopard: My quest to photograph the most elusive cat in Africa
British wildlife photographer, Will Burrard-Lucas, has captured a series of high-quality camera trap photographs of a wild melanistic leopard (otherwise known as a black panther) in Africa.
The black & white of African wildlife explained
Every now and then nature experiments by producing a black or white mutation of an animal or bird that is otherwise normally coloured. There is something magical about seeing a white lion, black leopard or ‘king’ cheetah in the wild, as if it were a spiritual shadow of the species, a form of higher being.
A baby black zebra
A baby black zebra is been seen in the northwestern area of the Okavango Delta – a very rare sighting, that has tourists keen to have a look