African Wildlife

Africa holds more large-mammal diversity than any other continent and has shaped human imagination about wildlife for as long as humans have made images. The species in this collection are drawn from the broader range of African ecosystems — the volcanic forests of the Virungas, the open savannas of the Serengeti and Kruger, the scrubland that ground pangolins traverse at night. Several are flagship conservation species whose populations have been hammered by poaching and habitat loss within living memory, and whose recovery — where it has happened — has come from a combination of strong protected areas, anti-poaching enforcement, and community-based wildlife management.