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Nature’s Layers Unravelled – Encounters with birds, beasts, and relatives

Category: Africa

TL;DR – Death Stalks Like A Marabou Stork

TL;DR – Death Stalks Like A Marabou Stork

Bijoy VenugopalJuly 24, 2024July 24, 2024

Meet Africa’s Marabou Stork. Its unfeathered head and neck give this scavenger a calm and patient mien of morbidity.

Dimorphic Egret – Meet this East African mystery bird

Dimorphic Egret – Meet this East African mystery bird

Bijoy VenugopalJune 8, 2024November 20, 2024

East Africa’s Dimorphic Egret closely resembles the Western Reef-Egret, until you look for the differences. Easy, huh? You wish!

Encounter – African Coral-rag Skink

Encounter – African Coral-rag Skink

Bijoy VenugopalApril 24, 2023November 15, 2024

The harsh habitat of the Zanzibar coastline shelters a uniquely adapted reptile, the African Coral-rag Skink

Savannah Sprinter – A day at the office with the cheetah

Savannah Sprinter – A day at the office with the cheetah

Arun MenonApril 9, 2020April 9, 2020

You’ve seen it all before in television documentaries, but watching a cheetah stalk and hunt its prey in the epic theatre of the African savannah is a whole other trip!

When the search ends – musings from Kruger

When the search ends – musings from Kruger

Green OgreSeptember 13, 2015September 13, 2015

A morning safari at Kruger evokes the question: What if animals thought as humans did?

Big encounters with the ‘Little 5’ of the Namib Desert

Big encounters with the ‘Little 5’ of the Namib Desert

Neela BadamiAugust 22, 2012January 31, 2024

Unbelievable but true, the tiny Palmate Gecko and the diaphanous Cartwheeling Spider can hold a candle to the Big 5!

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