September marks Arbor Month in South Africa, an ideal moment to head into the national parks in search of the country’s botanical giants. This journey forms part of the SANParks Big Tree Project, an initiative to locate, measure and record significant trees across all...
While on the hunt for big trees in Kruger National Park, I ended up spotting something else entirely… Spotted hyenas! Five young cubs, right in the middle of the Skukuza staff village. They looked to be from three separate litters: two tiny, dark ones without spots...
By Waldie le Grange This question might throw the proverbial cat among the pigeons—especially for residents of the Garden Route, home to the iconic Tsitsikamma Big Tree near Storms River. However, based on the latest provisional measurements, the Eastern Monarch...
