Protected areas in Gambia
Hi everybody, I am planning a trip to Gambia for next year to visit the country’s nature reserves and national parks. Does anybody know if it is possible to stay withi
Leopards in protected areas in West-Africa
Dear all, I am currently working on a study regarding the distribution of the leopard (Panthera pardus) in Africa and I would like to ask you if you have got any information on its
Aders duiker
A number of months ago I had a work trip to Zanzibar and I thought I’d take advantage of my time there to try to see Ader’s duiker. Ader’s looks similar to the Red duiker, bu
South Africa, 2009 Trip Report
In August 2009 I was in South Africa for work and had a few days to look around. I’ve spent a fair bit of time in South Africa before and had already seen most of the larger
Critically Endangered Cheetahs In Algeria Snapped With Camera Trap
Critically Endangered Cheetahs In Algeria Snapped With Camera Trap (February 27, 2009) — A survey of the Sahara has captured the first camera-trap photographs of the critical
Pemba Flying Foxes Recovering
Critically Endangered Fruit Bat Make Dramatic Return From Brink Of Extinction (November 3, 2008) — A once critically endangered bat species, the ‘Pemba flying fox’
Massive Numbers Of Critically Endangered Western Lowland Gorillas Discovered In Republic Of Congo
(August 6, 2008) — The world’s population of critically endangered western lowland gorillas recently received a huge boost when the Wildlife Conservation Society releas
New Population of Greater Bamboo Lemurs found
New Population Of Highly Threatened Greater Bamboo Lemur Found In Madagascar (July 23, 2008) — Researchers in Madagascar have confirmed the existence of a population of great
Nice Aardvark Pictures
Trevor Hardaker sent me these two pictures a friend of his took a few days ago. The Aardvark was seen at lunchtime near Beaufort West in South Africa’s Karoo. I had heard (fr
First photos of Lowland Gorillas mating face to face
This is pretty interesting… Scientists have released the first known photographs of gorillas performing face-to-face copulation in the wild. This is the first time that weste