Family adventures make for incredible memories 🤩 Getting to 'hang out' in nature, conquer a new challenge and Earn Your Wings together is a fun and exhilarating way to forge strong bonds. Plus the spectacular views make for incredible action shots you can share with future generations. There are seven sensational branches across Southern Africa, plan an epic road trip with your crew and see if you can fly them ALL!

Peacock spiders are found in almost every region of Australia but may be tricky to spot due to their tiny size – they’re as big as a single grain of rice. 🤏  📺 Evolutionary Wonders #ausgeo #evolutionarywonders #peacockspider #dancingspider #spider

12 – 16 June 2026, SANBI Celebrates Nature Photography Day. We invite everyone, from plant lover, animal enthusiast and those who love to be behind the cameras, to visit SANBI’s botanical and zoological gardens between 12 -16 June 2026. During your visit, take photos as your way of connecting with nature and other nature lovers and share on social media. Tag SANBI’s social media platforms, using the following hashtags: #SANBINaturePhoto2026 #Naturethroughyourlens #SANBI4Nature Win a day visit to one of our botanical or zoological gardens. Entries close 16 June 2026

#Throwback to this footage of chimps captured with the WEAPON 4K trail cams deployed by the @VolcanoesSafari Partnership Trust's Kyambura Lion Monitoring Team in this sunken rainforest, home to the Lost Chimps of Kyambura. Check out the team's work here: volcanoessafarispartnershipt…

📷Tahne Kleijn couldn't believe her luck at spotting a caracal in #AddoElephantNationalPark! #LiveYourWild #WildBackYard @SANParks

Our soils are teeming with networks of fungi, and we're starting to understand how important they are newscientist.com/article/253…

Look closer, the magic of the wild is often in the tiny details 🐸🌴

Air plants can be easily spotted in the parks and gardens in Rio de Janeiro. I particularly like this little Tillandsia stricta, which can be found on most tree trunks with rough and mossy bark.

New images from trail cameras reveal three critically endangered antelopes known as mountain bongos wandering through a forest in Kenya. bit.ly/49SHbJ0

A champion. A record-breaker. A South African icon. 🇿🇦👑 Gerda Steyn storms to victory and rewrites the Comrades Up Run record books with a phenomenal 5:44:53. Another unforgettable chapter in South African sporting history. Congratulations, Gerda! 🔥 #TeamSA #ForMyCountry #ComradesMarathon

Stay calm... Stay calm 😳 Quinn Smithspearo kept his cool when a curious mother Orca and her calf came to say hello. 🏆 $500 GoPro Award 👉 GoPro.com/Awards #GoPro #Orca #Whale #Encounter #Wildlife

MANTIS STEALER! 😱

Step 1: Think about it. Step 2: Cross anyway. 📷 Simon Vegter 📍Kruger National Park

Sending you peace from the Icelandic Highlands 🧘🏔️

Lonely Planet editor Chamidae Ford shares her experiences of 6 days filled with wildlife and natural wonders in Zimbabwe. lonelyplanet.com/articles/6-…

Be honest… does it get better than a sunset in Cape Town? 🤩 As the sun sinks behind the mountains, the coastline is bathed in shades of orange and pink, bringing another spectacular day in the Mother City to a close. 🌅 🎥 by @jonaways

Such a handsome feline! 😻 A stunning #caracal (rooikat ~ 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘭) from our previous @CapeLeopardTrst Overberg survey for your #FridayFeelgood 🐾 Happy weekend all! #FridayFlashback #CLTthrowbackpic #FelidFriday

Ever since Charles Darwin proclaimed the carnivorous Venus flytrap one of the “most wonderful” plants in the world, scientists have been trying to work out how it snaps shut so quickly on its prey. A research team has now snapped a key piece of the puzzle in place. go.nature.com/4oktoRc

Mangrove forests fight storm surge and sea-level rise, but with the climate in flux, humans need to help make way for the miracle trees to do their thing. surfer.com/news/how-humans-a…

I just finished a new panoramic edit of Crater lake 😁. This edit is composed of 5 images merged into one.

We’re thrilled to share our FY2025 annual report! 🎉 Thanks to our donors, we helped protect 4.7 million acres of rainforests and tropical landscapes. From all of us at Rainforest Trust, thank you for making this work possible! 💚 Read the full report: bit.ly/rtannualreport25