Wildlife & Animals
Predator sightings top nearly every safari-goer’s wish list, and Tanzania delivers on that wish more reliably than almost anywhere else in Africa, but the specific timing […]
Everything about Ruaha National Park’s wildlife density traces back to a single, shrinking ribbon of water that cuts through its dry, baobab-studded terrain each dry season. […]
Scattered across the Serengeti’s otherwise flat, endless grassland, isolated islands of ancient granite rock punctuate the horizon with a regularity that gives the entire landscape its […]
Rwanda’s Golden Monkey Trekking Explained Gorillas understandably dominate the conversation around wildlife trekking in Volcanoes National Park, but they are not the only primate drawing visitors […]
Rwanda’s National Parks: A Complete Overview Rwanda packs an extraordinary range of protected ecosystems into one of Africa’s smallest countries, a landmass smaller than the state […]
Few countries anywhere in the world have rebuilt their conservation landscape as dramatically or as quickly as Rwanda has since 1994. In the years immediately following […]
DR Congo’s Bonobo Sanctuaries Near Kinshasa Why Kinshasa Is the Easiest Place on Earth to See Bonobos Bonobos exist nowhere in the wild except the Democratic […]
DR Congo’s Mai-Ndombe Wetlands and Wildlife The Wetland Behind the Congo Basin’s Curtain Lake Mai-Ndombe and the wetlands surrounding it sit in the western half of […]
How Mountain Gorillas Communicate With Each Other Why Communication Matters in Gorilla Society Anyone who has stood in the undergrowth of Bwindi or Volcanoes National Park […]
The Genetic Difference Between Humans and Gorillas A Question Every Trekker Eventually Asks Somewhere on the walk back from a gorilla encounter, after the adrenaline has […]
Female vs Male Gorillas: Key Differences Explained Spotting the Differences on the Trail Within minutes of encountering a habituated gorilla family, most trekkers can pick out […]
The Threats Facing Mountain Gorillas Today A Recovery That Remains Fragile Mountain gorillas represent one of conservation’s genuine success stories, their population climbing from roughly 250 […]