Two elephant families on approximately 30 animals shall travel with an airline from South Africa to one of Angola's destroyed national parks.

It's going to be an open house for guests to honour Keiko at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in the US. The aquarium, located on the west coast, will keep a memorial service for the movie star whale Keiko, which was buried in Norway recently after living there for 2 years.

To do this, you need to take a Mahout traing course! At Anantara Resort & Spa in northern Thailand, you can learn how to control and navigate an Elephant. After several days with instruction and training you have to pass a test before you get your "drivings licence". Then you are ready for great explorations in the dense jungle - on a Elephant back!

The big movie star Keiko suddenly fell ill late last week and died Friday evening 12 December 2003 in Norway. It is assumed that he suffered from pneumonia. The whale was believed to be 26 years old. Keiko was laid to rest after darkness fell on Sunday, in a grave on land near the Norwegian bay where he spent the last months of his life.

A scientific database about the world's animals and plants is established on Internet. The database is a result of cooperation between 32 countries and several environment organisations.

One of Australia's many natural wonders

Has Nessie in Loch Ness, Scotland, really a relative in China? According to Chinese state media have hundreds of visitors spotting a black monster with a horse-like head in a deep volcanic lake near China's border with North Korea. China now claims to have its own Nessie.

Ready to start, the farmer asked my travel companion Geir. Since he is a big man, he sat on a big ostrich, little bit nervous, but well prepared for a wild ride. 1-2-3. Go!

Lion males don't need Viagra

A breathtaking adventure and thrilling suspense in Krüger National Park

My first time in Africa was everything I ever dreamed about. For the first time I could observe the African fantastic animals in real. What could be better than starting my tour in Kruger National Park in South Africa. It was a breathtaking adventure and thrilling suspense in Krüger National Park. Kruger National Park is the largest game reserve in South Africa. It is roughly the same size and shape as Wales. It covers 18,989 square km (7,332 sq mi) and extends 350 km (217 mi) from north to south and 60 km (37 mi) from east to west.

Crocs and hippos are best friends. They swim together in waterholes and rivers in Africa. The crocodiles are beef eating and the hippopotamus are vegetarian herb eating. Fully adult crocs evens don't touch baby hippos. This is amazing!

Hard efforts have been taken to protect the gorillas` habitat in Uganda. So here you can still enjoy a close view of adults feeding, grooming, resting. It's fun to see the youngster playing and swing from tree to tree. Uganda's neighbour countries Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC, before 1997 named Zaire) have their good gorilla sights too, but are probably more unsafe to visit regarding wars and conflicts. Central Africa is Impenetrable jungles, green savannahs, scenic lakes, cliffs, caves, waterfalls and rivers, volcano areas, beautiful islands, Rich variety of other flora and fauna, and all kind of animals, especially the gorillas. How live the human`s closest relative today, and where can they been observed?

Africa's` maybe most popular animal for tourists, the giraffe, is the biggest ruminant and the tallest mammal. It has very long neck with short, upstanding mane, high shoulders sloping steeply to hindquarters; long legs nearly equal in length. But why does it have such long neck?

An earthly paradise with beautiful plants, trees and where all the creatures lives in harmony, but with one exception; Mike Tyson!