In Botswana's Okavango Delta — declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014 — warming trends over the past two decades are approximately twice the global average.

Gliding silently through the winding channels of the Okavango Delta, I felt a bit nervous. Our mokoro canoe, a type of dugout ...

From climate change to human activities, the Okavango Delta is facing a cascade of challenges and scientists say urgent ...

In Angola’s eastern Moxico region—where the Okavango Delta’s source lakes lie—many small communities rely on subsistence crops and illegal hunting. However, after much outreach and ...

National Geographic’s Okavango Wilderness Project is an effort ... identified 64 reptile and 35 amphibian species in the wider region, including water snakes, lizards, toads, and the darker ...

Organized by the Ministry of Tourism in partnership with the Cuando government, the event was attended by officials from the National Council for the Management of the Okavango Region, national ...

The Okavango’s water supply is not turned on ... buffalo and antelope from across the region – and this abundance of prey is a magnet for Africa’s iconic predatory big cats.

Minister of Environment and Tourism, Wynter Mmolotsi, has pledged government support for conservation science and regional collaboration to protect the Okavango Delta.

The air hung heavy around us in a private wildlife concession in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, beneath a cloudless sky that formed a brilliant blue dome. No birds sang, no insects buzzed — it was ...

One of the unique characteristics of the site is that the annual flooding from the River Okavango occurs during the dry season, with the result that the native plants and animals have synchronized ...

A look at some of earth's greatest spectacles. How a yearly flood creates the lush wetland of the Okavango Delta in the middle of the vast Kalahari Desert. Show more Set in three of the most ...