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Brown Hyena Facts: Africa's Most Reclusive Hyena Species Three hyena species live in Africa. Most safari visitors know the spotted hyena from game drives in Kenya and Tanzania. Few see…

Nile Crocodile Facts: Africa's Ancient Ambush Predator The Nile crocodile has existed essentially unchanged for 70 million years. It survived the same mass extinction event that ended the dinosaurs. Every…

Giant Forest Hog Facts: Africa's Largest Wild Pig The giant forest hog is the world's largest wild pig. A full-grown boar weighs up to 275 kilograms. The head carries enormous…

Golden Monkey Rwanda: The Bamboo Forest Primate of the Virunga Volcanoes In Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, most visitors come for mountain gorillas. Many overlook the golden monkey entirely. This is…

Chimpanzee Facts Uganda: Behaviour, Intelligence and the Best Trekking Sites The chimpanzee is our closest living relative. We share 98.7 percent of our DNA with the common chimpanzee. This genetic…

Mountain Gorilla Uganda: Everything You Need to Know Before Trekking Bwindi There is no wildlife encounter in Africa that compares to sitting one metre from a mountain gorilla family group…

Cheetah Facts Africa: Speed, Survival and the Open Plains Specialist The cheetah holds one record that no other animal challenges: the fastest land speed ever recorded for any mammal. At…

Leopard Facts Africa: The Most Adaptable Big Cat on the Continent The leopard is the most widely distributed wild cat in the world. It lives in rainforest, semi-desert, montane grassland,…

African Lion Facts: Everything You Need to Know Before Your East Africa Safari The lion is Africa's apex predator in the popular imagination — and the most eagerly sought animal…

Serval Cat Africa: The Long-Legged Specialist of East Africa's Wetlands and Grasslands The serval is the most leg-dominated cat in Africa. Its legs are proportionally longer relative to body size…