Safaris

Nikki Le Roex, Project Coordinator for the Sabi Sands Leopard Project, shares insightful new research about territorial leopard behavior in this blog. She opens a window into the lives of this solitary carnivore — and why leopards may get along with one another better than you may think. 

It’s quite the paradox — when we protect goats and cattle, we also save lions. But in Africa, where we work to protect a variety of different cat species, including cheetahs, leopards and, of course, the largest of the African cats, the lion, this is true.

This is the fourth installment in our series meant to shine a light on the 33 species of small wild cats found around the globe.

African lions are the top predator in any habitat they occupy. So coming eye-to-eye with a dominant male in the wild is, needless to say, an intense experience.

My whole body trembled as I took this image during a conservation trip with Panthera.