BUSH BABIES, LEAPING LIZARDS AND THE STICKY-FINGERED BIRDER, 21 best bush tales from Southern Africa

226pp., paperback, Jacana Media, Johannesburg, 2026

ISBN: 9781431437245

This new collection from David Bristow’s prolific archive includes many stories about animals, fossil hunts, safari tales, historical narratives, and reflections on the greed threatening our natural world and the small steps ordinary people can take to try and stem the tide.

Travel journalist, environmental scientist and storyteller David Bristow is the author of Loony Birds, Lion Men and the Snake that was a Gerbil; The Lion, the Dung Beetle and the Veld Tool Box; The Game Ranger, the Knife, the Lion and the Sheep; Of Hominins, Hunter-Gatherers and Heroes and Big Pharma, Dirty Lies, Busy Bees and Eco Activists. He is the former editor of the travel magazine Getaway.