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Why do giraffes have such long necks? A new study questions whether feeding or mating played the bigger role in giraffe neck evolution

Exploring Badingilo & Boma NPs, South Sudan; the ultimate wild dog safari; the lark facing extinction; + are fenced lions happy?

Does lion pride behaviour change between fenced & open systems? Researchers monitoring lions in Kruger, Pilanesberg & more aim to find out

Kingsley Holgate & his team are connecting 22 African Parks protected areas. Read about their trip to Badingilo and Boma NPs, South Sudan

Exploring boundless Bangweulu; upping the conservation of European rollers; best of Namibia; gorilla-trekking in Bwindi; and where do Mara fees leave us?

A decline in European rollers has ignited conservation of these birds & their flyways, boosting protection of rollers & other species

Bangweulu is a land of plenty: shoebills, black lechwes, swamps, plains, waters and skies. Sarah Kingdom explores this safari haven

3-legged lion makes 1.5km swim; expedition Garamba; ultimate Kafue safari; Tsavo’s tuskers; & Maasai Mara photo safari

Watch: Researchers capture lions’ 1.5km swim through crocodile-infested waters, as lions search for new mates & territory

Kingsley Holgate & his Afrika Odyssey team are connecting 22 African Parks protected areas. Read about their trip to Garamba NP, DRC

Exploring Liuwa Plain; rhino climate change woes; collaring Kruger lions; a Vic Falls-Chobe combo safari; and adventure in the Okavango Delta – this week

Liuwa Plain National Park in Zambia – a conservation success story – is home to precious wetlands, new lion prides & remote wilderness