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Aardvark. Photo by Malcom Boulton.
November 29, 2006 |
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Aardvarks are nocturnal, usually waiting until dark before they emerge from their burrows. Their night-time travels average one to three miles but can range up to 18 miles a night.
October 30, 2006
Related Wildlife: Aardvark |
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Both savanna buffaloes and forest buffaloes live close to water.
January 25, 2010
Heartlands: Regional Parc W |
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Buy AFRICAN CATS, and Disneynature will make a donation in your honor to protect lions and cheetahs and the land they call their home.
January 31, 2011
AWF Solutions: Buy “African Cats,” Save the Savanna |
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The African fish eagle has a white head, neck, chest, shoulder and tail reminiscent of the American bald eagle. It is the African equivalent of the bald eagle, filling the same ecological niche.
October 30, 2006
AWF Solutions: Aerial Wildlife Surveys
Heartlands: Limpopo |
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The African hare is nocturnal, and spends most of the day lying in a “form” — a depression in the ground or under bushes. Hares do not dig burrows like rabbits do.
October 30, 2006
Related Wildlife: African Hare |
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AWC's first investment, in Rungwe Avocado Company in Tanzania, will support environmentally sustainable avocado growing and minimize deforestation.
September 12, 2011
AWF Solutions: African Wildlife Capital |
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AWF Trustees. 2006.
December 7, 2006 |
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Baboon. Photo by Heather Coulter Larson.
November 29, 2006
Related Wildlife: Baboon |
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With tourism and human populations encroaching on their territory, baboons have been know to kidnap crying human infants confusing them as their own young.
October 30, 2006
Related Wildlife: Baboon |
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A chubby baobab is an iconic feature in the landscape of Banhine National Park in Mozambique. Photo by Mauro Pinto.
September 12, 2007
AWF Solutions: Strengthening Banhine National Park
Heartlands: Limpopo |
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Banhine National Park's wetlands are extensive, and are a key source of water in the arid lands surrounding the park. Photo by Mauro Pinto.
September 12, 2007
AWF Solutions: Strengthening Banhine National Park
Heartlands: Limpopo |
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AWF built a conservation research camp in Banhine National Park that caters to the international scientific community. Photo by Mauro Pinto.
September 12, 2007
AWF Solutions: Rebuilding Wildlife Populations in Mozambique, Strengthening Banhine National Park
Heartlands: Limpopo |
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Bat-eared foxes are mostly nocturnal, emerging from their underground dens at dusk to feed on insects during the night. Photo by Craig R. Sholley.
May 3, 2007
Related Wildlife: Bat-Eared Fox |
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The bat-eared fox's name comes from its enormous ears, which are large in proportion to its head like those of many bats.
October 30, 2006
Related Wildlife: Bat-Eared Fox |
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Bat-eared foxes live in groups of mating pairs and their young. Family groups social-groom often, play and sleep together. Photo by James Weis/eyesonafrica.net
January 26, 2004
Related Wildlife: Bat-Eared Fox |
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Egyptian Fruitbats. Photo by Craig R. Sholley.
November 29, 2006
Related Wildlife: Bat |
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After rodents, bats are the most numerous mammals on earth. With approximately 950 species, bats are the only mammals that possess real wings and can truly fly.
October 30, 2006
Related Wildlife: Bat |
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AWF works with Maasai womens' groups to develop enterprises like cultural villages. Here, a sample of beautiful bead work by Maasai women is sold for income.
October 27, 2006
Heartlands: Maasai Steppe |
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Just as the name reveals, bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets, which are caught in the air.
October 27, 2006
Heartlands: Zambezi |
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September 22, 2006 |
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September 22, 2006 |
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Black Rhino. Photo by Daryl & Sharna Balfour
November 29, 2006
Related Wildlife: Rhinoceros |
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A black rhino and her calf. Photo by Art Wolfe
November 15, 2006
Related Wildlife: Rhinoceros
AWF Solutions: Supporting Rhino Sanctuaries
Heartlands: Kilimanjaro |
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A black rhino in Tsavo. Photo by Mark Boulton.
September 23, 2010 |
