Wildlife Protection Solutions rolled out a mobile wildlife app! The South African Mammals Field Guide is a beautifully illustrated and informative guide for wildlife enthusiasts of all ages to better know the diversity of mammals that roam free in the southernmost, sub-Saharan region of Africa. Lions, leopards, elephants, and rhinos...
Watching wildlife got a lot wilder when lions made off with a Wildlife Protection Solutions (WPS) 360-degree GoPro camera at Thornybush Game Reserve, a wildlife reserve adjacent to the world-renowned Kruger National Park in northeastern South Africa. The recovered footage gives immersive, up-close views of savanna grasslands, and of the...
Midnight in the sprawling high plains of the Free State province of South Africa. The sounds of nighttime birds, bugs, and other wild creatures surround you. If you listen closely enough, you can just make out a strange sound in the distance . . . something much larger. WHHOOMPSH....
There is nothing quite like encountering a white rhino on foot in the South African Highveld. They are, to put it simply, a 5,000 pound conglomeration of enormous size, perfected evolution, pure majesty, and sheer beauty. You can feel every single hair raise on your body as you...
What is it like to be face-to-face with a lion? What about an elephant? What about a herd of elephants? A pride of lions? An implausibility of wildebeest? Would you be scared? Thrilled? Or would you simply revel in the majesty that these wild animals inherently bring out...
For a while now, I’ve had the urge to write a post on how life has changed for us humans and how we used to live with nature in the early days. It started oddly enough when I woke up, reminiscing about my history books, and thought quietly to myself...
What does species extinction mean to you? How does that phrase make you feel? Upset? Ambivalent? Indifferent? Furious? Perhaps motivated? Whatever it is, there is no escaping the fact that we are in the midst of a 6th mass extinction on planet Earth, caused in large part by...
It’s not everyday that someone gets to see a pack of hyenas devour a carcass. Let alone so close, and let alone with a 360 degree camera. But that’s exactly what happened with our partners in the Dinokeng Game Reserve of South Africa. In this particular instance, these...
The Leuser Ecosystem . . . a vast expanse of tropical jungle that covers just over 2 million hectares of the island of Sumatra. It is here where some of the last remaining Sumatran tigers, Sumatran rhinos, Sumatran elephants, orangutans and a plethora of other species live together...
Sometimes it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by daily challenges: Balancing work and social commitments, coordinating kids’ school drop-offs and pick-ups, and even squeezing in a Starbucks run before you start your day can feel like a juggling act. And then sometimes you hear stories that so dwarf your...
