hyena

Lions don’t just roar. And forget what you’ve heard about laughing hyenas. It’s more common for these nocturnal predators to m...

Great Migration herds, close-ups of black rhinos, an elephant charging through a pride of lions – sometimes you’re lucky enough...

Leopard tortoise Photo: Thomson Safaris guest, Tina Siebold Ever wake up with a strange, overwhelming craving for bananas, or a...

Photo: Thomson Safaris guest, LeeAnn Carvalho We’ve all heard of herds of cattle, or packs of dogs, but some species get-togeth...

There are many signs guides use in the field to help them find animals; the nearest source of water, the flick of a tail from...

The sun-drenched plains of Tanzania are an ideal spot for wildlife viewing, but no matter how long you’re willing to wait, ther...

Believe it or not, since toddlerhood you, your children, and just about everyone you know, have been speaking Greek. Not fluen...

Medieval notions about African animals are interesting (and often amusing), in large part because most of the people writing ab...

“Aardwolf25” by Greg Hume – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil...

Laying in bed at the end of a long day in the bush, you hear a distinctive high-pitched giggling sound, a hee-hee-hee on heliu...