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When conservation efforts bring a species back from the brink of extinction, it is worth celebrating. It is no easy feat to ...
Some 30 years ago, when I first began traveling to South Africa to hunt birds, it was Clayton’s father, Trevor, whose voice reverberated across these wetlands that line the course of the Blood ...
JOHANNESBURG — Pest, charming oddity or just background noise, the hadeda ibis is a feathered phenomenon in suburban South Africa. Sometimes it swipes dog food, splatters parked cars and ...
Notes on our heavenly singing, dancing birds South Africa is host to three different cranes species including our endemic blue crane, our national bird. August 27, 2018.
Forest-dwelling bird species are disappearing from some of South Africa's indigenous forests, with forest birds in the Eastern Cape being the most affected. A new study showed that the ranges of ...
South Africa is home to many species of weaver birds that are distinguished by relatively small differences in the size of their yellow and black markings, the colour of their eyes and so on.
Learn about the Cape parrot, South Africa's only endemic parrot species and the 2023 Bird of the Year. Discover its habitat, threats, conservation efforts, and how you can contribute to its ...
Officials rescued these African gray parrots from an illegal trader at the Ugandan border in 2011. A new study shows that the birds have almost disappeared in Ghana, where they once flourished.