By David Akana, Yannick Kenné - Monga Bay Marlyse Bebeguewa, once a teenage porter in the rainforests of southeastern Cameroon, now leads conservation monitoring efforts in Lobéké National Park, using cutting-edge tools to protect endangered wildlife. She was the only...
By Adam Cruise - Daily Maverick At the heart of the case is the claim that keeping elephants in the zoo violates South Africa’s Constitution, particularly the environmental rights provision, as well as existing animal welfare legislation. A landmark legal bid to free...
By Adam Cruise - Daily Maverick: At a recent Parliamentary Committee hearing the tourism board claimed that there are too many elephants in Madikwe and that overpopulation threatens biodiversity and leads to habitat degradation. And yet, there is no published...
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick From bees to whales, it’s increasingly acknowledged that creatures have cultures within which they live their daily lives. This is particularly true for elephants, and the loss of matriarchs is leading to severe social disruption. It’s...
By Adam Cruise - The Bateleurs Many years ago, while camping in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, I discovered a relatively unknown African philosophical concept that epitomises how we should look at the natural environment. Ukama. I had arrived at a remote camp deep...
By Annette Uy - Discover Wild Science The African savannah once echoed with the mighty trumpets of thousands of elephants, but today, the silence is deafening in many regions. Imagine hearing that silence, knowing it is the result of ruthless poaching, driven by a...
By Jim Tan - Discover Wildlife Translocating elephants is no mean feat – but it’s helping this iconic mammal to reclaim its historic lands. Jim Tan joined to find out how it's being done. The air tingles with nervous excitement as Alex Oelofse, owner of Okonjati Game...
By Caitlin O'Connell edited by Kate Wong - Scientific American I woke up in the research tower to a soft exhale and then a trickle of water at the waterhole below. The full moon hung low and dim in the west. I squinted at my watch. It was 4 A.M. I wondered which of my...
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick From the smallest microbes to the largest mammals, a sweeping new study has painted the clearest picture yet of how human activity is reshaping life on Earth. Our footprint is everywhere and it’s leaving complex, far-reaching marks on...
By Peter Borchert, iFaw Elephants need water—lots of it. Depending on their size, they must drink 100 to 200 litres at least every two to three days to avoid potentially severe dehydration. In hot weather, an elephant can lose as much as 7.5% of its body mass daily...