Continuing on our quest for nature’s ecosystem engineers, we now turn to the oceans in general and parrotfish in particular. Always a favourite on dives because they are so beautiful,…
When we talk about ecosystem engineers, we automatically think of huge mammals that change the environment by their sheer bulk. There are, however, many animals that are significantly smaller, that…
Just over ten years ago, an incredible video was released by Sustainable Human: “How Wolves Change Rivers” (see in info box). The original video has been viewed over 45 million…
One beautiful winter’s day, we were sitting quietly in Pilanesberg National Park. The sky was vivid blue and the grass on the plains was a warm gold in the afternoon…
Namibia is a country of contrasts, a land with something unusual around every corner. This week we focus on Kolmanskop – a “Ghost Town” just 10 kilometres inland from the…