These are totally unknown times. We are all trying to reconcile our responsibilities to each other as inhabitants of this planet with what we need personally and for our families. These two things may well coincide, but there are areas where the temptation to diverge [...]

The world is currently full of concerns about corona virus, and rightly so. It is a threat to the stability of the world system, even though, at this stage, it is hard to know exactly what the implications will be. Everyone has their own risk [...]

In between photo safari tours, I take regular trips into the National Park. It's only 2 minutes from my house and it allows me to keep an eye on movements of game and see which lagoons are drying up and where animals are coming to [...]

On a short drive in the bush this morning -- mainly to check the condition of the local roads and to see which areas are opening up after the rains, I spotted hamerkops in a small group along the edge of a drainage channel. They [...]

I was working through some images for an article I am writing for a magazine and I found the image below which brought a big smile to my face! I remember - like it was yesterday - the lead up to it and I think [...]

One of the many joys of the summery rainy season is the long days; it's possible to do a day's work and still have time to spend a couple of hours in the bush before dark! I have been taking full advantage of this opportunity [...]

The Luangwa has been inundated with wonderful rains over the last few weeks and the river has come up dramatically. This has back-filled into all the lagoons and the dry, desert-like floodplains have been transformed into deep lakes and flooded channels. It's magical to see [...]

The Luangwa Valley is now home to Zambia’s largest African Wild Dog population. Read on for the full press release from the Zambia Carnivore Programme. In an exciting win for conservation, the Luangwa Valley is now estimated to have the largest population of wild dogs [...]

With the rainy season starting to take hold, and ever increasing rainfalls, the park is transforming from its dry desolation into a softer, more vital habitat. While there is still very little ground cover - which assists us in finding game - a carpet of [...]

In a perennial lagoon in the central area of the South Luangwa National Park, a certain crocodile has learned how to hunt antelope from the shallow water of his muddy lagoon. Each year, when the lagoon starts to dry up, narrow channels appear towards the [...]