Stories & galleries

Former NBA player and Chinese icon, Yao Ming, launches a major public awareness campaign about consumption of rhino horn and ivory in China

Safari photography does not get better than this delicious gallery of people from Ethiopia, Botswana and Zambia

Loliondo the Maasai community concession and wildlife destinations is in the spotlight as locals clash with trophy hunting companies

Exceptional images of Morocco by award-winning photographer Dmitri Markine will have you planning your next safari with Africa Geographic

First things first. No, sawfish are not cetaceans. Whales and dolphins are cetaceans; sawfish are sharks. Learn more here

Ethiopia is a bird-rich country with a list of some 850 species – we review ‘Birding Ethiopia’, the perfect guide for bird-watchers

First things first. No, sawfish are not cetaceans. Whales and dolphins are cetaceans; sawfish are sharks. Learn more here

We invited artists and would-be artists of all skill levels into the bushveld on an art safari, armed with a drawing pad, brushes & pencils

Beneath the soaked rags lay a parched and forlorn-looking pygmy right whale, the world’s smallest baleen whale

This series of disturbing and yet fascinating images from photographers Pieter Hugo and Adetokunbo Abiola in their book The Hyena & Other Men

This rather demonic-looking naked baboon was spotted in Zimbabwe. The lack of fur could be due to 1 of several causes, according to a vet

Top 10 things to do in Greyton – the ultimate guide to this cute rural village that is so popular for weekends from Cape Town