First time volunteering with Wildlife ACT? Tips from Priority Species Monitor Malibongwe Sibiya: 🍃 Come with an open mind 🍃 Expect early mornings 🍃 Embrace every task 🍃 Ask plenty of questions Find out more: wildlifeact.com

Dung beetles are blocking the road again, and we’re glad! 🪲 They recycle nutrients, aerate soil, reduce flies and parasites, and keep grazing areas healthy for White Rhinoceros, buffalo and zebra. Tiny environmental engineers. 🌍 📹 Priority Species Monitor Wesley Price

The Predatory Matriarchs of Zululand. Spotted Hyaenas live in female-dominated clans where rank is often inherited, and a young female can outrank an adult male. Photograph: Wildlife ACT Priority Species Monitor, Wesley Price #SpottedHyaena #Wildlife

Meet the Cheetah, the world’s fastest land mammal and one of Africa’s most vulnerable big cats. Farmland, roads and settlement have replaced much of its range, and numbers are still decreasing. Help our monitors protect Cheetahs in KwaZulu-Natal: wildlifeact.com

Thank you, Hillcrest Primary! Last week we joined the grade 4 to 7 learners for a Rhino presentation as part of your annual Rhino celebration. Awareness is the first step in protecting Rhinos, and today's learners are tomorrow's decision makers, conservationists and supporters!

A day in the life of a Big Cat Field Technician 🐆 There’s more to Savannah Reichert’s role than big cats: pre-dawn fieldwork, sorting thousands of camera trap images and preparing data for long-term population analysis. #LeopardConservation #WildlifeACT

The Southern Drakensberg is a feeling that stays with you long after you’ve left the mountains. Join Wildlife Acts' Southern Drakensberg Conservation Program. Visit wildlifeact.com or tap the link in our bio for more information.

An early-morning surprise on the way into Eastern Shores: a Honey Badger in no hurry. Moments like this are a privilege, and a reminder of what is at stake in protecting wild places. Post and video by Big Cat Field Technician: Savannah Reichert #WildlifeACT #HoneyBadger

Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park remains home to one of the most important Rhino populations on the continent. @EZEMVELOKZNWild's K9 Unit works to ensure that what was saved against such odds remains protected. With thanks to @HillsPetSA for their support. 📷@loveAfrica_

Seven colours of the Southern Drakensberg, one for each colour of the rainbow. Volunteer with us in the Southern Berg and spend your days in this landscape: wildlifeact.com/volunteer/pr… Photo credit: Casey Pratt, Love Africa Marketing #SouthernDrakensberg #WildlifeACT

Dung beetles have right of way.” If you see one, stop and watch. Some species roll dung into a brood ball and bury it. The female lays her eggs there, and the dung feeds the larvae. Post and Photograph by Priority Species Monitor: Laura Bakker #WildlifeACT #DungBeetles

Zululand is unlike anywhere else in Africa! Tap the link in our bio to learn more about our volunteer programme.

The Bearded Vulture (Regionally Critically Endangered) is BirdLife South Africa's Bird of the Year for 2027! 🎉 Volunteer with us: wildlifeact.com/volunteer/pr… Photograph: Wildlife ACT Southern Drakensberg Vulture Project Coordinator Lexi Theocharopoulos

Checking Leopard camera traps, a smaller cast stole the show: frogs perched on the cameras. 🐸 They link wetland food webs as predator and prey and help regulate insects. How many species can you identify? Photos: Big Cat Field Technician Savannah Reichert #WildlifeACT

First light on an empty beach in the Seychelles, fresh turtle tracks in the sand. As a Wildlife ACT ecotourist on North Island, you help locate and mark nests and follow eggs to hatching. 🐢 Only two spots left for 2026: wildlifeact.com/volunteer/pr… Video: Jaana Eleftheriou

Few things say South Africa like a rusk dunked in hot coffee at sunrise. It's one of the first traditions we introduce our volunteers to in the bush. ☕🍪 Read the story and bake your own with two recipes: wildlifeact.com/blog/rusks-a…

This is your sign to volunteer with Wildlife ACT in Zululand! Join our Endangered Species Volunteer Program and help monitor African Wild Dogs, Black Rhinoceros, and Cheetah. Check availability: wildlifeact.com/volunteer/pr… Footage: Priority Species Monitor Elsabé Vosloo

Today is World Habitat Day! Conservation doesn't happen to communities. It happens with them. Our Community Conservation Programme starts with local youth, through Kids Bush Camps, school lessons and Wildlife Ambassador Clubs. Donate: wildlifeact.com/donate #WildlifeACT

It's World Animal Day! 🐾 From vultures clearing carcasses within hours to rhinos shaping the grasslands they graze, every species holds the system together. What's your favourite species and why? Share your stories below. #WorldAnimalDay #WildlifeACT #Zululand

Wildlife ACT's Wesley Price took on the 11th Rhino Peak Challenge, his second year. Snow closed the summit, but he finished the 9km course in 2h30 and raised R21 350 (target: R20 000) for endangered species. 🦏⛰️ See how funds are used: rhinopeakchallenge.co.za/fun…