Country cousins
In the chic world of the modern safari, the baboon (Genus: Papio) is not an…
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Iconic African species
Guy Mavor looks at some of the best places to see Africa’s much-famed wildlife, from…
The Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
The million-year-old fossilised remains of a cheetah specimen have been found near Bulawayo (Zimbabwe).…
Follow the herd
The mass migration of wildebeest across the East African savannah is routinely described as the…
The little five
The concept of The Big Five hails from a bygone era, when the five animals…
Friends for life
Survival of the fittest means every species for itself. Nature has no time, you’d think,…
Protecting the grey crowned-crane
The grey crowned-crane is an endangered species in Rwanda, with the population falling by 80…
View to a kill
The African fish eagle belongs to the sea eagles genus (Haliaeetus), which also includes the…
The Last Wolves of Ethiopia
Facing serious threats from its local environment, the endemic Ethiopian wolf finds itself in danger…
Tall tails
What’s the point of a tail, you might wonder? After all, we humans seem to…
It’s not all black & white
The zebra is the quintessential African animal ― the fat horse in stripy pyjamas at…
Loud and proud
Can you describe the sound of the African bush? Cliché demands such timeless classics as…
Weird and wonderful
Few African animals are more intriguing or, in their own way, more impressive than chameleons.…
Namibia’s desert-adapted wildlife
A fascinating array of insects and reptiles live in this southern African country’s parched lands.…
Vulture culture
Vultures may not be to everybody’s taste, but these large scavenging raptors have some remarkable…
Winging it! Marvels of migration
Every year, some one-and-a-half billion birds migrate between Europe and Africa. Even in the age…
Secrets of success
Mike Unwin explains the attributes that make the leopard the most versatile of predators. Built…
Meeting the maker
Three score years and ten is all that our species gets, according to the Bible,…
Tougher, bluffer or psychopath?
An admiring Mike Unwin seeks to explore the reality behind the reputation of “the world’s…
Sense and sensitivity
African animals have evolved a battery of sensory adaptations with which to negotiate their surroundings.…
