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Photographer of the Year 2021 Weekly Selection: Week 2
Fantastic images from our Photographer of the Year 2021. Enter now to win US$10,000 cash and a Botswana safari
‘Gold rush’ as Botswana meets appetite for lion parts
Investigation reveals Botswana is exporting both live lions and lion parts to South Africa – possible links to canned hunting
THULAMELA
Thulamela is an ancient and sacred walled kingdom in Kruger National Park that unlocks some of the fascinating history of southern Africa
MAKULEKE
Between two rivers and three countries, Makuleke Contractual Park in northern Kruger is a spectacular biodiversity and historical hotspot
Of ivory, elephants, shipwrecks and slaughter
Ivory recovered from 500-year-old shipwreck reveals details of the ivory trade and how it has devastated forest elephant populations.
CEO note: Best pics + Africa’s rarest parrot + jumbos from space
CEO note: Best pics + Africa’s rarest parrot + jumbos from space
Photographer of the Year 2021 Weekly Selection: Week 1
Fantastic images from our Photographer of the Year 2021. Enter now to win US$10,000 cash and a Botswana safari
Cape Parrot
This is Africa’s rarest parrot. The Cape parrot is found only in small fragmented patches of the remaining mistbelt forests in South Africa
Spotting elephants from space
Artificial intelligence and satellite images can help conservationists count elephants from space, says new research.
Madikwe Game Reserve
Madikwe Game Reserve is a malaria-free safari haven and conservation success story that benefits people, wildlife and the ecosystem
Dwarf giraffe seen in Namibia and Uganda
Researchers have recently published a paper describing two dwarf giraffe in separate populations in Namibia and Uganda
