White mischief
Rebecca Phillips reports on leucistic baboons spotted in Ruaha Recently there was a media stir…
Browsing: Wildfile
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…
The plight of the leopard
There are major issues facing this beautiful big cat today. However, raising awareness can help…
Country cousins
In the chic world of the modern safari, the baboon (Genus: Papio) is not an…
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…
