For three weeks in February 2026 I was in the highlands of Angola — the plateau that feeds the Okavango, Zambezi, Congo and Cuanza rivers — on a biodiversity…
After years of trudging through forests and peering into the hidden lives of tiny creatures, the number of lifers I get should rightfully decline but 2025 proved to be…
Stag Beetles from the family Lucanidae are strikingly charismatic beetles, easily recognised by the males’ oversized, antler-like jaws that resemble a stag’s horns. These impressive mandibles are used not…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) may have elevated the level of convenience in accomplishing some day-to-day tasks, but it has also become the scourge to professional photographers. In the past years,…
Pleasing Fungus Beetles from the family Erotylidae Latreille, 1802 are generally brightly coloured and hairless. Their antennae are clubbed, and tarsi (final leg segment) always 5-jointed. Although they are…
