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Meet Kerllen da Silva Freitas Costa, the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project Country Director for Angola. He was the team leader for this river expedition on the Lungwebungu River. The Lungwebungu River (in Angola Lungué Bungo) of Central Africa is the largest tributary of the upper Zambezi River

KERLLEN COSTA PROFILE (PT)

Water Journalists Africa Webinar presentation by Mauro Lourenço from the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project (NGOWP) explores the topic: Africa's Natural Water Towers: Beyond Snow and Ice. Mauro takes us through efforts to secure permanent, sustainable conservation projects for the greater Okavango Basin, which spans Angola, Namibia, and Botswana, providing water to millions of peop...

Limited to forest patches in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Limpopo Province, there are fewer than 2000 critically endangered Cape Parrots left in the wild. Cape Parrots nest in existing tree hollows in old Yellowwood trees - South Africa’s national tree - and rely on the fruit of these trees for nutrition and survival. Sadly, habitat degradation caused mainly by historical logging practi...

CPP and Fairtree Collaboration Video

SABC Coverage of the Cape Parrot and Interview with Dr Kirsten Wimberger, director of the Cape Parrot Project.

Expeditions have always relied on technology to collect vital knowledge of our world. Exploring one of the largest watersheds in Africa is no different. Back in 2015, the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project carried out its first expedition of the source waters that supply the Okavango Delta-a mammoth wildlife survey across the Angola wilderness. Since then, the project has used vita...

In 2022 we moved the Nkashi Classic event to Seronga where a successful race was held on 28 May. There were 88 participants and over 550 spectators who came together at the Mbiroba Polers Trust property where contestants in the categories of female, male and veteran all battled it out for the prizes. The race was also filmed as part of an documentary on the heritage of the mokoro and Nkashi Cla...

The Wild Bird Trust’s Cape Parrot Project is very proud to launch the MyForest Campaign.

Hatched by the Wild Bird Trust, the Wild Bird Revolution is a bold and ambitious flight to build a global community of conservationists and ambassadors that celebrate the beauty of birds in the wild. This exciting new platform will enable our followers to showcase their beautiful photographs of magnificent bird species worldwide, enter awards, view live sightings and discover other birding enth...

Birds need places where they can hide from predators and inclement weather. Trees, shrubs, meadows, and even rock walls provide such shelter. Natural sources: Native trees and shrubs of different densities and heights give birds places of retreat and safety.

Birds make use of plumage colouration and behaviour to conceal themselves from potential predators or prey, this is known as camouflage. In some species, plumage colour will match the surrounding environment, while patterns such as countershading reduce the shadow on the bird's underside making it less visible. #wildbird #BirdYourWorld #Birding #Camouflage

The wonderful colours often observed when birds interact with flowers have inspired many works of art; from a painting style in Chinese history based entirely on this theme, to modern day bird photography. Often the relationship between birds and flowers is mutualistic; birds obtain nesting material and food, and flowering plants are pollinated. Some bird species such as hummingbirds have co-ev...

Wild Birds!

February 2022!

Top 25 birds: Raptors!

January 2022!

Birds in the Okavango Basin

Predatory Birds!

Webinar on Reptiles and Amphibians

Top 25 birds of the week: November 2021!

Uma introdução aos peixes da Bacia do Okavango (An Introduction to the fishes of the Okavango Basin)

Birds of the Week: Plumage

Non-migratory Birds!

Migratory Birds!

Terrestrial birds!

September 2021

Wild Bird Photography!

A week of Spiderhunters and Sunbirds!