Category Archives: Gabon

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

Posted on April 25, 2019 by dkorte

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Some great news to share. After a bitterly cold and challenging winter in Minnesota, Lisa and I have relocated to Florida. Lisa has become Director of Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. “Director of a swamp?” you might ask… Let … Continue reading →

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Liberia Portfolio book launch in St. Cloud, Minnesota

Posted on March 26, 2019 by dkorte

“Liberia Portfolio” book release will unfold in Saint Cloud, Minnesota at Jules’ Bistro, 921 West Saint Germain Street, on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 4:30 to 7pm. I will be present, telling a few stories, signing a few books, and would love … Continue reading →

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Liberia Portfolio book launch

Posted on February 3, 2019 by dkorte

Two years in the making, Liberia Portfolio is now published and available. Preview select pages of this book at the link “book: Liberia Portfolio” at the top of this page. If you are in or near Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, February 13, … Continue reading →

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Obama International Foundation School, II

Posted on February 14, 2018 by dkorte

Paynesville, Liberia.

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girl with a child, Brewerville, Liberia

Posted on February 14, 2018 by dkorte
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Monrovia, Liberia. January 31, 2018, blue moon rising.

Posted on February 1, 2018 by dkorte
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All Hallows’ Eve

Posted on October 31, 2017 by dkorte

A colony of bats going a-souling as twilight settles over the African forest.

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Papa Gentil

Posted on January 11, 2017 by dkorte

A Western lowland gorilla, silverback Papa Gentil, keeps watchful eye on his surroundings while feeding in a riverside forest of Moukalaba-Doudou National Park in Gabon. He is the patriarch of a family that has been studied and habituated by scientists … Continue reading →

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they know about us

Posted on December 29, 2016 by dkorte

I feel small, vulnerable, almost insignificant before the penetrating stare of this beast who passes before me. Our eye contact is unnerving. I am ashamed that so many of my brothers have found sport in the killing of these magnificent … Continue reading →

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elegy for a leopard

Posted on December 9, 2016 by dkorte

The details surrounding the death of this leopard are unfortunate. According to Elie Tobi, scientist and curator for the Gabon Biodiversity Center in Gamba, the body of this leopard was recovered in November of 2009. “A leopard was caught by an illegal … Continue reading →

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