The leopard, another feline member of Africa ... Two distinct subspecies live across 37 African countries: the African forest elephant and the African savanna elephant (or African bush elephant ...

A leopard, or Panthera pardus ... an endangered mammal sought after for its scales. An African forest buffalo, or Syncerus caffer, seen at Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park. Photo from Will Burrard ...

African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis), Nouabale ... and my dream was to get a shot of the apex predator in Nouabalé-Ndoki: a leopard. These cats are very secretive and almost impossible ...

The clock is ticking to save Central Africa's forest elephants. Populations of the elusive elephants have plunged by around 80 percent inside one of the region's most important nature preserves.