High jump heavyweight: the eland
OK, so the common eland (Taurotragus oryx) is just an antelope. But it’s a biggie.…
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Where eagles dare
As awe-inspiring in reality as in myth, eagles dominate African skies. Mike Unwin focuses on…
Elephants caught on camera
In this portfolio, Greg du Toit reveals his tips on how to photograph these magnificent…
In conversation with Dr Kim Young-Overton
Dr Kim Young-Overton, Cheetah Program Director for Panthera, the global wild cat conservation organisation, tells…
Making a splash
Say ‘African mammal’ and most people will immediately envisage elephants, lions and other celebrated beasts…
Keeping track of cheetah
Nick Dall sets out in South Africa’s Mountain Zebra National Park to search for the…
How do whales communicate
Africa is increasingly popular as a destination to see whales, especially off the east and…
Old four-legs and the living fossils
In the final part of our series on the origins of Africa’s wildlife, William Gray…
Africa’s new dawn
In part two of our series exploring the origins of Africa’s wildlife, William Gray explains…
10 Hyena facts
Despite their reputation of being cowardly animals, hyenas can be aggressive and dangerous, but its…
Grevy’s strain
The majestic of zebra species struggling for survival in northern Kenya Of all the rare…
The Cretaceous big five
In the first of a new series on the weird and wonderful origins of Africa’s…
White mischief
Rebecca Phillips reports on leucistic baboons spotted in Ruaha Recently there was a media stir…
The chongololo
After the first rains have moistened the soil the “chongololo” emerges. Behind a pair of probing…
Glorious armoured giants
Powerful, prehistoric and precious, the rhino is one of Africa’s most iconic creatures, symbolising the…
Gone fishing
Fish seems like the ideal diet: succulent slabs of protein in apparently inexhaustible abundance. But…
The ostrich (Struthio camelus)
The Wakamba gazed upon the white glaciers and black rocks of the hill, likened it…
Location, location, location
Property may seem like a peculiarly human obsession, but securing a ‘des res’ is a…
Spots and fangs
Our planet is home to a variety of iconic predators but few can match the…
The dung beetle
One of the most fascinating sights in the bush is that of a dung beetle…
