Diego Suarez Baobab (Adansonia suarezensis) in Ankarana Special Reserve. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All…
Glowing red-orange fungi in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were…
Rainforest of Madagascar's Masoala Peninsula. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were…
Sunset over the Nile River in Egypt. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these…
Crowned lemur at a camp site in Ankarana National Park, Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler
Parson's chameleon near Analamazoatra Reserve.
Tree-climbing lion of Uganda. The lions of Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda spend an unusual amount of time in trees. It's unclear why they exhibit this behavior, but…
The blue monkey -- also known as Sykes' Monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis) -- on Mt Kenya. The Kenyan government recently announced plans to build an electric fence around Mt. Kenya to…
African elephant. An African elephant in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park. This elephant was blocking the road so we waited about 20 minutes until it went on its way. More…
The giant leaf tailed gecko of Madagascar, Uroplatus fimbriatus, hangs out above a flying insect. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. The giant leaf tailed gecko is threatened by deforestation and…
The giant tropical land snail Archachatina bicarinata. Photo courtesy of Martin Dallimer. The newest subject of our Forgotten Species series, Archachatina bicarinata is endemic to the islands of Sao Tome…
A cheetah rests on a termite mound in Kenya. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. A three year study has found that cheetahs and African wild dogs have vanished from Cameroon.…
Unidentified red-eyed fly on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. If you have any information on this species please contact me. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Often despised at best…
We watched this wily gray-footed chacma baboon (Papio ursinus griseipes) for a good fifteen minutes as it posed for us in the Okavango Delta. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs, 2009. Photo…
African buffalo at sunset in the Maasai Mara, the Kenyan side of the world famous Serengeti plains. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. A planned road in Tanzania threatens to cut…
The elusive forest buffalo in Gabon. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. While most people are familiar with the African buffalo or cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), its forest-dwelling subspecies (Syncerus caffer…
A bumble bee ponders in Kenya. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Research over the last few years has overturned the idea that insects are instinctual automatons. Instead researchers are uncovering…
This hermit ibis in the Bronx Zoo is considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2008. 'Critically Endangered' is the highest rating given to…
Footballers in Botswana. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs, 2009. To see more aerial photos in Botswana: Aerial Botswana.
A little bee-eater alights on a branch over the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs, 2009. To see more photos of Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Photos.
Like some prehistoric beast, a hippo rises from a mudflat on the Chobe River that it shares with dozens of other hippos. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs, Botswana, 2009. To see…
A guide trekking barefoot in the rainforests of Gabon. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2006. To see more photos from Gabon: 2006 Trip to Gabon.
French conservationist, Stephanie Vergniault stands between two soldiers in the central African nation of Chad. Before them lies the skull of a poached elephant. Photo courtesy of: Stephanie Vergniault. Amid…
A black-maned lion in Kenya. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Frustrated Kenyan herders are lacing corpses of cattle with poison to kill lions in revenge for the great cats attacking…
In the northern hemisphere, flowers are blooming, trees are leafing, and the hemisphere is becoming a nicer shade of green. Here's some orchids from down south to celebrate. Lady of…
Along the Chobe River in Botswana, the white-hot sun of Africa falls behind an elephant feeding in the grasses. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs. To see more photos of sunsets and…
A wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) feeds on canopy fruit in Kanyanchu forest, Kibale Forest National Park in Uganada. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2006. Chimpanzees have become a globally symbol…
An infant Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park in the south African nation of Botswana. The baby baboon and his family played on the edge of the Chobe…
Bwindi children, many of whom are AIDS orphans, performing traditional songs and dances in eastern Uganda. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2006. To see more photos of the people of…
Flying over the Okavango Delta in Botswana is a great opportunity to get an aerial view of big mammals, such as this good-sized herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). Photo…