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Best of 2012 – Baobab in Madagascar

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…

Tree-climbing lion of Uganda

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…

Blue Monkey on Mt Kenya

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…

Gecko meet insect

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…

Eaten to endangerment: the giant forest snail

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…

An acrobatic chacma baboon

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…

Planned road to sever Serengeti

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 shy forest buffalo

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…

Just how smart is this bee?

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…

Critically Endangered: the hermit ibis

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…

Little bee-eater in Zimbabwe

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.

Hippo rising

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…

Barefoot in the rainforest

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.

Chad’s elephant wars

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…

Orchids for Spring

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…

African elephant greets the sunset

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…

Baby baboon

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…

Children of Uganda

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…

African Buffalo from Above

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…