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With poachers and other friendly folks through Turkey

During the last week of October and the first week of November 2022 I did a 3000 km road trip through Anatolia. My main goal was to find Anatolian Mouflon,…

Road trip to the whales of Norway

I watched for big and small wildlife during a three-week family trip to the archipelagos of Vesteralen and Lofoten. – Just a few general notes: I wouldn’t consider Norway a good wildlife…

What’s the difference between mouflons and urials?

Mouflons and urials are two groups of old world wild sheep in the genus Ovis. Compared with other sheep, they have much in common: For example they are…

Challenging Zeus

I visited Greece between June 7th and 16th. It was a family trip, so I restricted myself mammalwise to one main goal: observing Balkan Chamois at Mt. Olympus. – Mt. Olympus is the…

Ralf’s magazine articles

Find below a selection of articles that Ralf wrote for various magazines including Kosmos, Geo, Natur, Terra, Zoon, etc. (cover pages shown).

Die siehst Du! Tiere um dich herum – Der Kosmos-Naturführer

DA SIND SIE! Rund ums Haus, auf der Wiese, im Wald, in den Bergen, auf hoher See oder unter der Erde: unsere heimischen Säugetiere leben überall. Und ganz…

Ours, Loup, Lynx – Ils sont de retour

Das ist die französische Übersetzung meines Buchs „Sie sind wieder da – Bär, Luchs und Wolf erleben. – Randdonner sur les traces des loups, observer comment les ours…

Hinaus in den Wald

Entdecken, wo Deutschland am grünsten ist. Ausflüge in die Wälder – mit vielen Outdoor-Tipps

Wildlife of the Arabian Desert

I visited the UAE between January 8th and 15th 2022. My aims were to make a story for terra, a German travel magazine; to look for one of…

About

Ralf is a trained biogeographer and journalist. He currently works as a free-lance author, wildlife photographer and guide. For many years his focus was on bears, his main…