South Africa

  • View of Cape Town and Table Mountain from Signal Hill. [Cape Town, South Africa]
  • View of the Cape of Good Hope at Cape Point [Table Mountain NP, Cape Point, South Africa]
  • Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus). Chacma baboons grooming, with the Cape of Good Hope in the background. [Table Mountain NP, Cape Point, South Africa]
  • Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus). Ostriches, like this feeding male, are the only birds with two toes on each foot. [Table Mountain NP, Cape Point, South Africa]
  • Common, or gray duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia). A small type of antelope surveying False Bay from a hillside. [Table Mountain NP, Cape Point, South Africa]
  • The marina at Simon’s Town on False Bay. [Simon’s Town, False Bay, South Africa]
  • African penguin (Spheniscus demersus). The African penguins at Boulders Penguin colony. [Foxy Beach, Simon’s Town, South Africa]
  • African penguin (Spheniscus demersus). A trio of African penguins, a type of banded penguin characterized by black feet. [Foxy Beach, Boulders Penguin Colony, South Africa]
  • African penguin (Spheniscus demersus). African penguin tending two chicks. [Foxy Beach, Boulders Penguin Colony, South Africa]
  • African penguin (Spheniscus demersus). These African penguins have a sharp hook on the beak and backward-facing teeth to hold prey. [Foxy Beach, Boulders Penguin Colony, South Africa]
  • Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis). This animal shares a common ancestor with elephants and manatees. [Boulders Beach NP, South Africa]
  • Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus). A Cape fur seal leaping out of the water. [Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa]
  • Broadnose sevengill shark (Notorhynchus cepedianus). Member of one of the most ancient lineages of sharks, it has seven gills vs. the usual five. [Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa]
  • Dark shyshark (Haploblepharus pictus). A species of small catshark endemic to this coast. [Clan Stewart Wreck, False Bay, South Africa]
  • Puffadder shyshark (Haploblepharus edwardsii). A small species of catshark endemic to this coast. [Clan Stewart Wreck, False Bay, South Africa]
  • Leopard catshark (Poroderma pantherinum). A species of small catshark endemic to this coast. [Clan Stewart Wreck, False Bay, South Africa]
  • Striped, or pajama catshark (Poroderma africanum). A small species of catshark endemic to this coast and uniquely patterned with stripes. [Clan Stewart Wreck, False Bay, South Africa]
  • Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus). A Cape fur seal eyeing scuba divers. [Miller’s Point, False Bay, South Africa]
  • Secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius). A unique raptor that hunts on the ground and flies only rarely. [Eagle Encounters, Stellenbosh, South Africa]