Kenya’s Chyulu hills: Visions in African widescreen

Sundowners in the Chyulu hills are always special but they don’t come any better than this. I am sitting in the heart of Maasailand in Kenya on a rock the size of St Paul’s Cathedral, looking for cheetahs on the plains below.
This is widescreen Africa as I have never [...]

10 Animals On The Verge Of Extinction

Polar bearsThis one shouldn’t surprise you. The polar bear has become the poster animal for the devastating changes global warming is bringing to the Arctic. Polar bears are dying because their range is shrinking; the sea ice they use to hunt seals is melting as temperatures rise. It’s estimated that there are 20,000-25,000 polar bears [...]