By The Zimbabwean The 18-year prison sentence handed to Chinese national Cong Yangzhong in late 2025 cast fresh light and exposed the scale of illicit financial flows fueling wildlife crime in Zimbabwe. Arrested in Harare on July 16, 2025, the 47-year-old was found in...
By Lucy Mumbi - The Eastleigh Voice Two people have been arrested for suspected wildlife trafficking following a multi-agency operation that led to the seizure of elephant tusks valued at about Sh11 million in Namanga. According to the Directorate of Criminal...
By Tanusri Saradhi - Earth.org From ivory carvings to exotic plants and animal parts, wildlife is being turned into commodities at an alarming rate. What often goes unseen is how this illegal trade fuels extinction, crime networks, and long-term harm to ecosystems...
By Davide Lemmi and Marco Simoncelli - DW Trophy hunting interests are turning the screw on northern Tanzania's Maasai communities and wildlife paradise. Meanwhile, well-funded conservation efforts are attracting scrutiny amid rising Maasai eviction cases. Beyond...
By Katarina Zimmer, bioGraphic - The Smithsonian A recent study suggests that the large mammals may seek out parts of bananas and papayas when they’re suffering from gut parasites, sparking a cross-species exchange of pharmaceutical knowledge. Many farmers across the...
By Natasha Booty and Richard Kagoe - BBC A Kenyan elephant believed to have been one of Africa's largest male tuskers has died of old age. The pachyderm, fondly known as Craig, died of natural causes on Saturday morning at Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya,...
By Cyril Zenda - Down to Earth Since lifting the ban on trophy hunting in 2019, Botswana has been progressively increasing the numbers of animals on offer to sport hunters. Wildlife conservationists are alarmed by the sharp increase in elephants and other wildlife...
By Maureen Kinyanjui - The Eastleigh Voice President William Ruto on Thursday released the 2025 National Wildlife Census Report, describing the findings as a “mosaic of wins and urgent conservation emergencies.” The census, conducted between June 2024 and August 2025,...
By Usaid Siddiqui - Al Jazeera Conservationists have raised the alarm about the Botswana government’s decision to increase its annual trophy-hunting quota for elephants, reigniting a debate over how the country should manage the world’s largest elephant population....
By Ryan Truscott - Mongabay Elephant populations in Southern Africa are stable or growing, but the space available for them is not. Often, elephant populations are constrained, increasing their impact on the environment or surrounding communities, and triggering calls...