Author: tjiskavw

Tanzania's Ngorongoro crater is thought to have formed about 2.5 million years ago after a volcano cone collapsed inward post eruption. It's nicknamed "Africa's Eden" because about 300 animal species…

they kept their distance but this is what they do around feeding time...patiently wait for lioness to kill, feed, and leave.  They then finish up the remains. Hyenas have such…

you can't get too close with a camera and mine did not have a long range lens thus it might be hard to see this gal strapping herself to a…

a single leader controls animals living in social groups and the selection process differs with each species but in general, its similar to a voting system used by humans. The…

this young male popped up out of bush just a few feet away from our jeep while we were watching his sisters and brothers play.....just letting us know their backs…

you see them together all the time - Benny tells me that zebras will stand in the opposite direction of a wildebeest - watching its back so to speak for…

Lush plains are punctured by giraffe's patchwork heads as they bend to munch yellow-barked acacias. Benny tells me that the top photographic animals are giraffes, zebras, wildebeest and hippos...and he…

the crater is one place animals don't migrate away from - plentiful grass and water all year round results in zero competition for resources

we watched this elephant break from the herd for a quick drink from the river. She sucked water up part way into her trunk and then used the trunk to…

Elephants have the largest brain of any land animal and are considered exceptionally smart creatures. They can distinguish differences in human gender and language, can use tools, understand human body…