More recently, I discovered the accompanying footage, which shows a Mabamba Swamp shoebill stalking, striking and gobbling a snake as though it were a mere worm. The footage was shared in September by ...

Earlier this month we featured footage of an enormous, dinosaur-like shoebill that had landed on a tour boat in Uganda. The ominous-looking bird, with its bulbous, razor-sharp bill, stood perhaps 4 ...

No sooner had the car engine started at the Uganda museum on November 29 than Ronald Sekiziyivu's voice came through: "If you see a bird, shout it out so we can record it." Two first-time birders in ...

If you’ve seen the viral video of the large shoebill bird landing on a boat in Africa’s Mabamba Swamp, you might be asking yourself if such a prehistoric-looking, seemingly giant bird could be real.

Motherly: It derives its name from its enormous shoe like shaped bill that can grow up-to 24cm in width. Mabamba swamp is a hot spot for shoebill sighting and EDGAR R. BATTE tells us about his ...

Kampala — Mabamba swamp is now a Ramsar site after environment minister Maria Mutagamba last Friday declared it a wetland of global importance. Mabamba, on the shores of Lake Victoria, is one of the ...

A boatman cruises through Mabamba Wetland Bay. The bay is a habitat for various bird species. Photo by Martin Ssebuyira. On the shores of Lake Victoria, is the Mabamba Bay wetland covering about ...

“Tracking the silverback gorilla, I felt the humbling presence of a creature so closely related to humans, aware of our gaze yet commanding respect, reminding us of the delicate balance between ...

If you’ve seen the viral video of the large shoebill bird landing on a boat in Africa’s Mabamba Swamp, you might be asking yourself if such a prehistoric-looking, seemingly giant bird could be real.