We’re still having a front row seat to the Satara Wildlife Show here in Kruger National Park! Knob-billed Ducks Dwarf Mongoose Swainson’s Spurfowl Mating Hinged Tortoises Marsh Terrapin Plains Zebra and Blue Wildebeest Martial Eagle with Steenbok prey Bathing House Sparrow (photo by Marilize) Flock of Red-billed Queleas Blue Wildebeest Tawny Eagle Newborn Elephant Cheetahs
Satara Summer 2021 – 26 December — de Wets Wild
The Isimangaliso Wetland Park, and especially when using Cape Vidal as a base, really offers the best combination of both bush and beach you could hope for. Angry Buffalo bull Sunrise at Mission Rocks Natal Rock Crab (photo by Joubert) Sleepy Warthog Elephant roadblock Elephant roadblock (photo by Joubert) Elephant cow keeping the youngsters safe […]
Autumn Adventure – Cape Vidal 24 March 2022 — de Wets Wild
from Golden Gate Audubon Climate and Birds in California Thursday, November 18 via Zoom — 7 p.m. Mike Lynes North America’s bird populations have declined by approximately 3 billion birds since 1970 and two-thirds of North America’s bird species now face an even greater risk of extinction due to climate change. Mike Lynes will discuss the threats […]
Presentation: Climate and Birds in California 11/18/21 — Natural History Wanderings
by William E. Simpson II as published on ValueWalk American Wild Horses Are Arguably Worse-Off Today photo by Terry Fitch of Wild Horse Freedom Federation A recent article at Reason, titled ‘Predictably, Wild Horses Are Still Suffering Due to Federal Slaughter Ban’ stated that, “Turns out that basing animal rights policy on the strong feelings […]
Wild Horses: Analysis Of Issues And Novel Science-Supported Solution — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
Smaug barbertonensis A shy denizen of well-shaded, bouldered hills and mountains with plentiful crags and fissures, the diurnal Barberton Girdled Lizard feeds on invertebrates, frogs and small geckos. Excluding their tails, adults can measure up to 13cm in length. Females give birth to 2-6 babies in late summer. Considered by some authorities to be a […]
Asian elephants, like great apes, dogs, certain corvids (the bird group that includes ravens), and us, have now been shown to recognize when a herd mate is upset and to offer gentle caresses and chirps of sympathy, according to a study published February 18 in the online journal PeerJ. Intimate Gestures The scientists studied 26 […]
28th of July 2018 Pauline had seen a pamphlet about The Knysna Elephant Park and really, really wanted to go but I was not that keen because “those” sort of places creep me out and plus we would have to back track 50 kilometres to do it. Anyway I couldn’t say no to her because […]
via A walk with the elephants of the Knysna Elephant Park.🐘🐘🐘 — Crickey…….we’re in Africa!
After 9 weeks away, we made our triumphant return to Botswana! I can’t express the relief I felt when passing over the border. We had made it through the majority of the remote spots and were now back in our comfort zone and within range of help/supplies if needed. And we still had a lot […]
via Elephant Sands Botswana — The Adventures of G & T in AFRICA
It was a record year for killing environmentally-concerned people in 2017. Some were killed just trying to protect precious landscapes from Asian island developers. Game Keepers and Wardens in Africa have taken a big hit, too.
Evidence suggests at least some were at the hands of governments, others the victims of plantation developers and corporate farmers.
The rush in Southeast Asia to cultivate Palm Oils and other lucrative commodities, and growing cattle ranging in Africa, is all coming at the expense of rare wildlife as these and other practices continue at an ever greater pace.
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