Africa

Guilt-free indulgence: A guide to buying sustainable and ethically sourced chocolate

The Chocolate Scorecard can help you to differentiate between companies that make good chocolate and those that simply make chocolate. If you love chocolate like me, you may be buying it … Read more

Yaeda Valley landscape, Tanzania.

Photo of the Day: Yaeda Valley, Tanzania

This Photo of the Day was donated by a participant in the annual National Wildlife Photo Contest. See more photos or sign up for the 43rd Annual National Wildlife Photo … Read more

Zebra herd

Photo of the Day: Keeping Pace

A zebra foal appears to be floating in mid-stride with all four legs lifted from the ground Photo by Daniel D’Auria, MD If you enjoy photos of wildlife and nature, … Read more

Osprey catching fish

Invite an Osprey into your Family

  I read to my kids each night, but this week, we read a book that really made a difference to us. Wild Wings by Gill Lewis The book is about … Read more

New Documentary on Deforestation’s Threat to Lemurs

Humans may have only one planet, but imagine if we had only one island? That’s the reality for lemurs, primates that live only on Madagascar. And as a new documentary … Read more

BBC Short Film Young Meerkats Up Close and Personal

BBC’s Simon King on location in Africa has worked for days and weeks to get a Meerkat family to accept him.  In this clip he is close enough to be used … Read more