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A female greater honeyguide eating wax combs left behind by a honey-hunter. Image courtesy of Dom Cram.

Eswatini’s young honey-hunters sustain a rare bond with wild birds

Ryan Truscott 13 Aug 2025
Yao honey-hunter Seliano Rucunua holds a wild honeyguide that guided him to a bees’ nest; the bird was briefly captured for research, then released. Image courtesy of David Lloyd-Jones.

Malice or memory lapse? Why honeyguides sometimes lead hunters to danger

Ryan Truscott 6 May 2025
One man lifts honeycomb from a bees' nest while his companion holds a red plastic bag open to receive it, smoke drifts in the background. Image courtesy Claire Spottiswoode.

Birds guide honey-hunters to most of their harvest in Mozambican reserve

Ryan Truscott 7 Feb 2025
Maasai people in Ngorongoro, Tanzania.

World is losing ‘magical’ tradition of human-animal mutualism, study warns

Ryan Truscott 13 Jun 2022
Eliupendo Laltaika interviewing a member of the Sonjo community.

‘GPS’ bird points to the sweet spot: Q&A with honey hunter Eliupendo Laltaika

Ryan Truscott 13 Jun 2022

Sloths, moths and algae: a surprising partnership sheds light on a mystery

Ariel Mark 22 Mar 2014

Neon green gecko key to preventing Mauritian plant extinction

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Apr 2007

Lavender and symbiotic fungi key to Cypress reforestation in Morocco

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Jan 2007

Moray eels and groupers hunt together

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2006

Tiny crab protects coral

Mongabay.com 23 Oct 2006

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