Can you imagine living in a rural community next to a wildlife reserve and growing up with a fear of dangerous animals? That’s the reality for many and the reason…
The humidity changes after a good downpour of rain and this is the best time for flying termites, known as alates, to wing their way out of the nest and…
Deceit, deception and death! That sounds rather dramatic as an opening for a story on birds, but it is shockingly true, and brood parasitism in birds is not common knowledge…
My husband and I have a border collie dog that we absolutely adore (obviously). I have always been fascinated by ethology (the study of animal behaviour) and I spend a…
The shrill call of cicada males as a result of contractions of sound-producing organs, the tymbals, was getting much louder which is perhaps the most characteristic feature of a hot…
Someone turned up the heat in November but we had a few showers last week and thankfully the weather has cooled. The mopane trees are starting to push out new…
