Human Impact
IN PHOTOS: Rangers rescue a baby elephant in trouble
The planet's biggest land animals are usually pretty good at looking after themselves, but when a baby elephant tumbled into a drinking hole in South...
5 years ago
Success Stories
In photos: Dog-loving hippo orphan released back into the wild
Back in 2013, a two-week old hippo was found abandoned in Zambia on the banks of the Zambezi River. It took the work of three wildlife charities...
5 years ago
Animal Behaviour
Camera traps capture a buffalo-riding wild cat in South Africa
When the team at Wildlife ACT set up camera traps in South Africa's Hluhluwe Game Reserve, they never expected to see this strange pairing of animals:...
5 years ago
Animal Behaviour
IN PHOTOS: Elephant uses car as a scratching post
Tourists on safari in South Africa recently found themselves in a precarious situation when a bull elephant decided to use their vehicle to relieve an...
5 years ago
Animal Behaviour
In photos: Tree frog hitches a ride on a python
When photos of this tree frog climbing all over a large green tree python first emerged, the world was quick to call it a case of animal BFFs. The...
5 years ago
Cute
IN PHOTOS: Baby elephant has a hard time getting up
The bigger they are, the harder they fall (and the harder it is for them to get up again!). This tired little elephant spotted by a guest at Londolozi...
5 years ago
Animal Behaviour
In photos: Honey badger feasts on a porcupine
Now here's an animal duo you don't expect to see together in one place. Spotted out in the wilderness of South Africa's Balule Nature Reserve ... a...
5 years ago
Predator vs Prey
Photographer captures warthog's epic clash with a lion
Capturing a kill on camera can be a seriously tricky feat, so our hats are off to photographer Trix Jonker who managed to take this series of stunning...
5 years ago
Sharks
Bimini's great hammerheads: Q&A with a shark-diving photographer
What is it like to photograph sharks underwater? Photographer Christine Shepard takes us through her experience of night-diving with great...
5 years ago
Predator vs Prey
Will These Baby Warthogs Escape the Claws of a Hungry Leopard?
This family of warthogs had no idea there was a hungry leopard waiting in the bushes nearby ... neither did safari guest Paul Neff, but luckily he was...
6 years ago
Predator vs Prey
Goat-Gobbling Python Found Entangled with Mate, Relocated to Game Reserve (PHOTOS)
Livestock farming in Africa can be challenging ... especially when there's a goat-gobbling snake on the prowl.
6 years ago
Predator vs Prey
Reptilian Showdown: Snake makes a meal of a blue-headed lizard
Rob Muir didn't have to go far to capture this awesome photo sequence of a brown house snake eating a blue-headed tree agama ... the showdown happened...
6 years ago
Natural World
Studying this elusive beetle is every entomologist’s nightmare
If this elusive beetle is your entomological speciality, you're in for quite a challenge. Not only because these critters are rare and found only in...
6 years ago
Predator vs Prey
The Hunger Games: Cheetahs, jackals and a brown hyena battle for a meal
Three cheetahs, a brown hyena and a host of jackals battle for feeding rights in this incredible series of photos from Michele Nel.
6 years ago
Cute
Sleep-deprived hyena moms get grumpy, too
The youngsters of any species are active creatures that bother their mother ... so just how patient are hyaena moms when their cubs interrupt a comfy...
6 years ago
