Speed...
December 06, 2012
The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), fastest land animal on the planet. But is it quick enough to outrun its impending extinction in the wild?
Mashatu, Botswana.
Nikon D...
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Touch...
December 05, 2012
Elephants are very tactile creatures. They use their trunks as multipurpose tools to assist them in, among other things: drinking, feeding, fighting, playing, caressing,...
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Ride...
December 04, 2012
Horseback riding... African style. A group of riders is joined by a Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) on the open plains beneath Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Ch...
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The Horns and the Dilemma...
December 03, 2012
The Himba tribe of northern Namibia is famous for the red ochre and fat paste known as "otjize" which the female tribe members apply over their entire body. The Himba liv...
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The Bright Tapestry…
December 01, 2012
A cat's ability to see in as little as one-sixth of the light needed by humans is attributed to a layer on the back of its retina known as the tapetum lucidum or "bright...
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