These safari icons make nearly every wildlife lover’s must-see list, but some of their animal attributes ... up close while on safari in Africa with National Geographic Expeditions.

I made all these photos from my car. There are so many people driving around the national parks in Africa and elsewhere that the animals simply ignore cars and it’s easy to get close.

The opposite is also true. In the 19th century, European cattle brought rinderpest—a virus that’s nearly always fatal to hoofed animals—to Africa, and it caused buffalo numbers to crash ...

The white-backed vulture is the most common and widespread vulture in sub-Saharan Africa. It is recognizable ... on carrion—the carcasses of dead animals—and, by eating flesh before it rots ...

Aside from living in different parts of Africa, they differ slightly in the ... and the domestic trade within countries is mostly outlawed by national governments as well. There is a heated ...

This story appears in the August 2008 issue of National Geographic ... Africa has helped produce a one-of-a-kind ecosystem where life blooms from canopy to soil. In the year 1551 a strange male ...

Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) The shoebill is found in East Africa from South ... Flach’s images have helped start the discussion. Now we at National Geographic, through our Making the Case ...