Watching the Sun Bake

Savanna Baboon There are three species of primates widely distributed in South Africa. The first and most abundant one is you and me - hum...

African (Jackass) Penguin at Simon's Town, South Africa Contrary to popular belief, Penguins do not only live in Antarctica. In fact i...

Formerly known as Rhodesia, Zimbabwe is a less-than-developed country in southern Africa. Although it is home to the fantastic Victoria Fa...

There are endless stories about corrupt police in Latin America. Anyone who has driven anywhere south of the Rio Grande probably has at leas...

Steve Erickson was one of the class clowns (if not the ) class clown) in my seventh grade class. If ever there was a time when levity was ne...

Have you ever sat around contemplating why a Giraffe has such a ridiculously long neck? Biologists will tell you that it gives them an evol...

(Photo by BigCats.com) During my recent trip to southern Africa I was lucky to be able to see 39 different lions in five widely scattered gr...

The first elephant I ever saw in person was tethered to a chain at the Barron County Fair in Rice Lake Wisconsin when I was about 10 years o...