#wildlife

Planet Global Travel Blog

Read on for travel stories and tips from around the world.

Hanging With a Sloth

Costa Rica has 6% of the world's biodiversity. Because of that, you're likely to see all sorts of wildlife both big and small...

"Spotting" a Leopard at Work

Spotting a leopard in the wild in Africa can be a rare occurrence, but when you do come across one of them it often makes for an...

Leaping Leopards! That’s a Big Cat up in the Tree!

On my first safari, once we had our first leopard sighting we saw leopards often. After some days of seeing a carcass in a tree we knew...

Why You Should Always Be Nice to Elephants

There's a saying that elephants remember everything. I had never given that saying much thought or wondered where that belief originated...

Who Couldn't Love That Face?

It might have been one of the creepiest faces I've ever stared into. The bloodied face of an African wild dog, and so many of them that...

Queens on Their Throne

I'm not a cat person. I like dogs. I got to see both while on safari. The wild dogs always gave us a great show with their hunts. But the...

A Majestic Profile Fit For a Queen (of the Wild)

If you asked me for an accurate profile (pun intended!) of a lion when I was younger (and way before my first safari), I wouldn't have...

Friends Forever (Until They Get Eaten)

Look at these two! I image them as teenagers who met one day out in the bush and developed a life-long friendship. Were they sharing the...

I Didn’t Mean to Hang With That Boomslang

By the time I got to my third camp on that safari trip, I thought I was prepared for seeing the animals in camp. In fact, at the previous...

Botswana Marks the Spot(s)

When I finally decided the time was right to go on safari, I followed the advice of more experienced safari travelers and decided on...

Who Let the Dogs Out?

They're not regular "dogs" by any means. Whether you call them wild dogs, painted dogs, spotted dogs, or anything else, they bear little...

Now That's Using Your Head!

Elephants don't have hands. It's true. I'm not even sure an elephant can push something with one of its legs...it may not have the...