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Massive Airlift Underway to Save South Africa's Quickly Vanishing Rhinos (Video)

Africa's rhinos are up against it; one is killed every seven hours because many people in China, Vietnam and other south Asian countries believe that powdered...

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Green Gadgets for Travel Photography

This is a guest post be Alex Clark-McGlenn, who is currently earning his MFA in creative writing from the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts. He has been...

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Photo of the Day: Which Way Did He Go?

James Tyrell took this photo of a couple of wild dogs in hot pursuit of a large male leopard at Londolozi Private Game Reserve in South Africa. You might you...

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Mayhem Ensues as Lions and Hyenas Go to War Over a Buffalo Carcass (Video)

Of all of Africa's fascinating interspecies rivalries, lions and hyenas may take the prize for sheer drama, animosity, and entertainment value. Don't believe...

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Photo of the Day: The Kingmaker

This is Kalunde. He is 54 years old and lives in the forest of Tanzania's Mahale Mountains. The camp staff at nearby Greystoke Mahale have dubbed him "the...

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Meet the Small Cats of Africa

Everyone knows and loves Africa's big cats; lions, leopards, and cheetahs. In fact, some people go on safari specifically to see one or more of these majestic...

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'A Dazzle of Zebras' and Other Collective Nouns for the Animals You'll See on Safari

Everyone knows a group of lions is called a pride and a bunch of elephants hanging out together is referred to as a herd. But what do you yell out when you...

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Watch a Herd of Wild Elephants Casually Saunter through the Lobby of a Safari Lodge

Have you ever been to the Peabody Hotel in Memphis? It's famous for the resident flock of ducks that march through its lobby twice a day. Mfuwe Lodge in...

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Photo of the Day: Chameleon Crossing (or What Makes a Good Safari Great)

Most people go on their first safari because, understandably, they want to see Africa's famous big animals -- lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants, and the...

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Video of the Week: What's so Great about the Great Migration?

Pretty much everyone has heard of the Great Migration. And most people have a pretty decent sense of what it is -- a bunch of wildebeest and zebra running...

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Seven Surprising Facts about the Strange, Underappreciated Spotted Hyena

The hyena may be Africa's most maligned and misunderstood species. Widely loathed as mangy, vicious, cowardly, and even evil, its ability to arouse our...

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What It's Like: Gorilla Trekking in Uganda (Video)

Ever wondered what it's like to trek to see the gorillas of Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest? Though the experience can't really be captured in a single...

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Photo of the Day: The King Taketh Away

This dramatic image of a male lion leaping from a tree with a dismembered impala clutched in his jaws was taken last month at Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve...

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Namibia: A Glimmer of Conservation Hope in Africa (Video)

It's easy to get depressed these days if you care about the natural world and pay attention to the news coming out of Africa. The continent's wildlife...

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Photo of the Day: A Grisly Battle to the Death in the Okavango Delta

Rex Masupe, who is a guide at Abu Camp in Botswana's Okavango Delta, was recently called to this grisly scene by two camp assistants who stumbled upon...

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Headed to Cape Town? Don't Miss the "Most Beautiful Garden in the World"

There are botanical gardens and then there is Cape Town's Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Nestled beneath the imposing eastern flank of Table...

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Watch Five Newborn Cheetah Cubs Live on a Webcam!

Need a little something to brighten up your Monday? Then check out this live 24-hour webcam trained on these five cheetah cubs at South Africa's Hoedspruit...

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