By Mqondisi Dube, VOA Botswana has issued 400 elephant hunting licenses amid fresh opposition from conservationists. International hunters pay up to $50,000 to obtain a license in order to hunt an elephant. In a recent notice from the Wildlife and National Parks...
By Nour Mostafa - The Borgen Project Namibia is home to diverse wildlife, including iconic species like black rhinos and desert elephants. However, poaching and habitat destruction pose ongoing threats to these animals. In response, Namibia’s female rangers are at the...
By Sheree Bega - Mail&Guardian Plans are under way to euthanase starving elephants in the Madikwe Game Reserve in North West on the border with Botswana. Pieter Nel, an ecologist at the North West Parks and Tourism Board, said its database showed that 80...
By Phoebe Weston - The Guardian Satellite data analysis suggests climate-induced algal blooms could be behind hundreds of deaths in Botswana that sparked flurry of theories in 2020 More than 350 elephants that died in mysterious circumstances probably drank toxic...
By Utah Public Radio | By Sheri Quinn, Ryan Helcoski Elephants in South Africa repeatedly visit the carcasses of other elephants, and move the bones around. A team of researchers at Kruger National Park are working to illumine this mysterious behavior and...
By Nancy Odindo, Tuko Police officers from Mtwapa Police Station, along with Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers, have arrested two Tanzanian nationals allegedly involved in the illegal ivory trade. Paul Kuya and Paul Telek were nabbed from their hideout in Majengo,...
By Shreya Dasgupta - Mongabay Across the African continent, elephant populations have largely declined over the past several decades, but some areas show hopeful signs of recovery, according to a new study. Researchers have monitored the numbers of forest and...
By Science World Report Around 10 million elephants roamed the African continent just a hundred years ago. Today, that number is less than 500,000. Human-wildlife conflict has become a top threat to elephants' survival. Wildlife Works is committed to creating...
By Frontiers, Phys.org In the past, African giant pouched rats have learned to detect explosives and the tuberculosis-causing pathogen. Now, a team of researchers have trained these rats to pick up the scent of pangolin scales, elephant ivory, rhino horn, and African...
By Tajudeen Amusa, Professor, Forest Resources Management, University of Ilorin, The Conversation Nigeria has a unique elephant population, made up of both forest-dwelling (Loxodonta cyclotis) and savanna-dwelling (Loxodonta africana) elephant species. But the...