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The Artistic Nests of the Weaver Birds
There is no such thing as equality amongst the two to three hundred known species of Ploceidae, or weaver birds. For the males of each colony must compete each year in a test of skill and creativity which has made them famous: the weaving of the most elaborate nests of any known bird. Artistic ability is in abundance amongst these labourers come casanovas.
Continue reading...The Serengeti: Host of the Greatest Overland Migration on Earth
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Synonymous with the Serengeti is the migration of the zebra and wildebeest as they chase the rains north. In east Africa, nearly two million mammals make this epic journey as they follow the rains that bring life to this vast, parched area. Thousands will die, and those that survive will have faced one of the most arduous of nature's journeys – only to do it again and again.
Continue reading...The Man that Lived with Lions
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Anyone interested in lions has heard the name George Adamson, a legend even called the "Father of Lions" who lived with them for decades in Kenya. Best known through the award-winning documentary Born Free, which recounts his rehabilitation efforts of the lioness Elsa, Adamson managed to treat lions as equals, resulting in reciprocal buddy behaviour from the beasts. See for yourself how Adamson achieved this astounding level of human-animal trust.
Continue reading...Most Beautiful and Devastating Snapshots of Slums
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
One billion people – a sixth of the world’s population – now live in slums, and it is predicted that the number of slum dwellers will double within the next quarter of a century. Such statistics are as staggering as they are sobering. Yet beneath the shacks and lean-tos of corrugated metal, plywood and plastic sheets, communities thrive and individuals meet the daily challenges their lives throw up at them.
Continue reading...How Google Earth and Cell Phones Save Elephants
Thursday, October 30, 2008
In the last two years alone, the Kenyan Wildlife Service has killed five African elephants from the Ol Pejeta Conservancy because they were trampling through human settlements and cropland. It’s a problem that will only get worse as humans encroach on elephant’s territory. To avoid the same fate happening to other elephants Save the Elephants has created an alternative solution.
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Friday, August 7, 2009
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