Plants > Euphorbiaceae & Malpighiales
The Candelabra Tree (Euphorbia ingens), known across southern Africa as the giant euphorbia, naboom, or common tree euphorbia, is a massive, arborescent succulent plant belonging to the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. Indigenous to the dry savannas, rocky ridges, and...
Mammals > Hyaenids & Carnivorans
The Aardwolf (Proteles cristata), whose Afrikaans name translates evocative to ‘earth wolf’, is a delicate, nocturnal insectivorous carnivoran belonging to the hyena family Hyaenidae. Natively inhabiting two disjunct populations across the open arid...
Birds > Ciconiids & Ciconiiformes
The Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer), colloquially christened the ‘undertaker bird’ due to its somber dark-cloaked plumage, hunched posture, and macabre scavenging habits, is a colossal wading bird belonging to the stork family Ciconiidae. Indigenous...
