Working Mothers...
Leopards are solitary cats by nature. They are comfortable on their own. Female leopards lead less solitary lives than males, as they bear young and spend much time with their cubs. Male leopards have little to do with raising their offspring.
It is sometimes said that the big cats are poor mothers,...
When is a big cat long in the tooth?...
One of the benefits of spending a lot of time in any particular wildlife area is that you get to recognize individual animals. It is human nature to try to learn as much as possible about these animals.
Trying to guess the age of an animal can be an interesting exercise. Reference works indicate that...
The Cost Of Predation...
Life can be tougher for large carnivores than it may at first appear. Africa’s big cats are equipped with dangerous claws, long, sharp teeth, and powerful muscular limbs to enable them to kill their prey. On the other hand prey animals come with their own defensive armory.
Warthogs have sharp, penetrating...
Cats and their innate memory of water...
It is often said that cats don’t like water. Undoubtedly, this has some truth in it, but for cats living in and around the wetlands of northern Botswana these days, coping with water is a reality.
The Okavango Delta in particular is an area that is well-known for sightings of big cats moving through...
Southern Africa’s Big Three Eagles...
Africa’s “big three” eagles are the bird equivalents of the lion, the leopard and the cheetah.
The southern part of Africa is a place that is rich in its variety of habitats. Deserts, wetlands, mountains, grasslands, forest and woodland are all represented somewhere in the region. ...
Saving the Last Lions...
Just 50 years ago there were close to a half-million lions in Africa — about 450,000 in all. Today there are between 16,000 and 23,000. And yet, unlike elephants (a far more numerous species), lions have no protection under the international accord governing such matters.
Big cats are in trouble...
African Wild Dogs (part 1)...
This is the first of several posts on African wild dogs, which will include information on this often misunderstood species. Among safari enthusiasts, a wild dog sighting is highly coveted and justifiably so, as this species is one of Africa’s most endangered animals, with less than 5,000 dogs...
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