It is a wonderful thing when the community takes conservation matters into their own hands. Beaches get cleaned, stranded sea creatures get saved, awareness is raised about pertinent issues, and relevant matters are brought to the local government. In short, things happen. That is exactly what the Strandloper Project has done in Knysna. This community…

Patterns in nature have always fascinated me. Well-known ones like the golden ratio of course, but also the subtler ones like ripples on water, and bubbles on the sand. For a while now, I have been intrigued – to the point of near obsession – by the way light catches on the water. The interface…

Six days of captivating action, I’m caught in a swirl of amazement off the rugged east coast of South Africa. The Sardine Run is a world class natural spectacle, a breath-taking underwater migration and feeding frenzy that takes place every year between May and July. As the billions of sardines migrate north from the Agulhas…