Overview Nkombe Rhino was founded in 2010 by South African native and Rugby professional Joe Pietersen and his brother Willem. They spent their childhood surrounded by the most biodiversity and variety of wild spaces, daily access to explore and had “the privilege of being exposed to nature from a young age, giving us the opportunity to form an opinion early and impact nature in our way.” Nkombe Rhino is an organisation that started out focusing on protecting Rhinos by helping anti-poaching units, veterinarians and helicopter pilots with the aim to “pool resources through sustainable partnerships to better impact the conservation realm as a collective unit of like minded organisations” “With the momentum that came with growing, we have been able...

Anti-poaching units are adding specially trained tracking dogs to their toolkits to detect human scent and wildlife products: the K9 units.

Greta F. Iori is this week "Inspiring individual". Follow this Mother Earth Ambassador's journey and her inspired career countering illegal wildlife trade and driving sustainable solutions for human-wildlife conflict.

I’m often asked what it’s like to be a National Geographic cinematographer, what a typical day looks like. The reality is, there is no typical day and it’s one of the many reasons I love this line of work! So, in anticipation of Women's Equality Day on Wednesday 26th August I’ve decided to share a day from one of my National Geographic documentaries ‘The Real Black Panther’, which involved over 18 months of fieldwork in a remote region of South-West India tracking and filming a rare melanistic leopard. My alarm wakes me at 5am and I groggily get up, still half asleep to make some coffee in the hopes of waking me all the way up.  My camera batteries have...

Wildlife photographer and wolves passionate Colleen Gara is this week "Inspiring individual".

Learn about wildlife photography with tips from National Geographic photographer and filmmaker Shannon Wild.

Whales are the world's largest mammal and the gentle giants of our oceans. Here are 5 facts you may not know about these fascinating creatures.

Meet our brand-new charity partner in wildlife conservation: Saving the Survivors

This week inspiring individual is the photographer of majestic landscapes, Drew Hopper.