Hyenas Kill Buffalo. Lions Take Over

Rob Jeffery April 11, 2018 1 5

I arrived at a sighting of a buffalo bull that had been killed earlier that morning by a group of hyenas. It had been found by ranger Melvin Sambo and …

Featured General Nature Wildlife

Sunday Stories: Fooled by a Plant

James Tyrrell March 25, 2018 12

Alex Jordan and I were heading into the north to see if we could get some photos of the Nanga female or Anderson male leopard, on a kill they had …

General Nature Sunday Stories

Tsalala Lioness Found Dead

James Tyrrell February 20, 2018 41

The carcass of the old Tailed lioness was discovered yesterday afternoon by Londolozi rangers out on a bush walk, just below Ximpalapala crest. The size of the skull and her …

Lions Wildlife

If Vultures Were Kids at a Birthday Party, Which Would You Be?

Guy Brunskill August 23, 2017 2

It all began after a successful start to the morning, the temperature started to rise so we decided to stop for some coffee and hot chocolate at a small water …

Birds Travel Wildlife

Elephants And Carcasses – A Complex Affair

Shaun D'Araujo June 12, 2017 10

Several months ago a large elephant bull was badly injured in what was most likely a fight with another bull. Although not territorial, bull elephants may fight to establish dominance. …

Wildlife

Hoisting a Kill and a Cub

James Tyrrell January 14, 2016 8

We haven’t written much about the Mashaba female or her cub recently, although a couple of photos have snuck into the regular Week in Pictures posts. The cub, now around eight months …

Leopards Wildlife

Sparta Male Joins Tsalala Pride

James Tyrrell September 6, 2015 13

In 2008, the Tsalala pride were taken over by two of the by-now infamous Mapogo coalition. A young male in the pride at the time, the sole survivor from a …

Wildlife

Lion Update: Tsalala Pride

James Tyrrell March 24, 2015 11

The young lioness of the Tsalala pride has a chip on her shoulder. The sole survivor of 8 cubs born to the two Tsalala sisters in 2011, she has had …

Wildlife

How do Hyenas Mate?

James Tyrrell May 27, 2013 2

For about a week we could do no wrong, with every turn we took and every decision we made seeming to result in some kind of fascinating discovery or wonderful …

Wildlife

A Wake of Vultures

James Tyrrell April 28, 2012 6

I have always been amused by collective nouns. An obstinacy of buffalo, an implausibility of wildebeest, and my personal favourite, a parliament of owls. None of these is more appropriate …

Photography Wildlife

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