Endemism is the ecological state in which a species or organism is native to and restricted to a single geographic location and is not found naturally anywhere else on Earth. Isolation plays a prominent role in the evolution of endemic species. Islands such as Madagascar, Hawaii, and the Philippines host high percentages of endemic species. […]

Africa. Just think of it! From the dancing sands of the Sahara Desert to the thunderous cascades of Victoria Falls, and encompassing the Maasai Mara and the Skeleton Coast, the continent offers the traveler destinations so diverse and opportunities for discovery so great that it would take dozens of lifetimes just to see the highlights. […]

The Okavango Delta is born of water that originates in the highlands of Angola. Snowmelt from the mountains flows through the Caprivi Strip, a narrow block of land in Namibia, before entering the panhandle of the delta in northern Botswana. From the panhandle, the waters of the Okavango spread across the sands of the Kalahari […]