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.

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

Complex, ever changing patterns of water and land support the bountiful wildlife and vegetation of Botswana’s Okavango Delta. By opening trails that become channels, elephants add to the dynamism.

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

An ambitious new partnership aims to address one of the most critical conservation challenges in Africa: protecting the near-pristine source waters of the Okavango Delta. 9 min read Deep beneath ...

Minister of Environment and Tourism Wynter Mmolotsi has revealed that his ministry will focus among others on wildland fires ...

The Okavango Delta is probably the closest any of us will get to the Garden of Eden. It was here in northern Botswana, about 200,000 years ago, that the first modern humans were born. They lived ...

The data showed that some of these watering holes had experienced blooms of algae containing deadly toxins. An analysis of ...

Image above: The Okavango's annual flood edges closer to the Xudum pride's territory. Botswana’s Okavango Delta is one of the most remarkable and unique ecosystems on Earth. Image above ...

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 ...