it was a misty morning, soon to be scorching, like every day in Niger, when we arrived at the riverbank. I was 17, living in the capital, Niamey, while my mother worked as a diplomat at the US embassy

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Piranhas have a reputation as some of the most dangerous freshwater hunters: terrifying predators capable of devouring a large mammal in mere minutes. Hollywood horror films have a lot to answer for.

W e’re parked up in our Land Cruiser on the golden grasslands of Botswana’s Mababe Depression, surrounded by Cape buffaloes caked in mud. “There must be 3,000 of them here,” our guide Jonah Seboko say

Urban wildlife comes in many guises – and sizes. But could an animal as huge as a rhinoceros stroll the streets? Well, yes, and that animal is the Indian rhino. The second-largest of five extant speci

Much of Angola’s wildlife was lost to civil war; now, thanks to years of dedicated conservation efforts, the country and its parks are on their way to becoming Africa’s newest safari star, writes Ian Packham