Welcome to a closer look at the overlooked, the peculiar, and the inconveniently complicated. This is a blog about photography, conservation, natural history, and animals being astonishingly good at being animals.

Two collared elephants were killed in Botswana on consecutive days, with wildlife officials reportedly present. Apparently, a satellite collar can track an elephant across a continent but cannot guarantee anyone standing next to him will notice it.

What do bird feet, frog sex, frozen eyelashes, and a career change have in common? An adventure in field guiding, natural history, and one formidable NQF2 theory exam.

This is a photograph of a snow leopard. Somewhere among several million pixels of Altai mountainside are a few pixels that are, indisputably, a snow leopard. This is the story of why I consider that a success.

We travel thousands of miles to see wildlife on its own terms. Then we ask for a better view. When does admiration become interference?

Twenty-three million birds crossed Kentucky while we slept. Almost none of us noticed.

Impalas are everywhere, which is precisely what makes them interesting. In a landscape where nearly every major predator considers you dinner, abundance isn’t mediocrity. It’s an evolutionary triumph.