By Lenin Ndebele - News24 An aerial survey in a southern African nature reserve will shed light on elephant numbers.$3 million has been set aside for the survey in July 2022.The Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area covers Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia...
By SARAH POLUS - The Hill Authorities in the United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) used elephant DNA to bust a multimillion dollar animal trafficking scheme, CNN reported on Wednesday. The arrest of two men last week in Edmonds, Wash., led to...
By Phil Helsel, NBC News Two men from the Democratic Republic of Congo were arrested outside of Seattle last week on charges that they shipped ivory and white rhinoceros horn to the United States and had plans to send more, federal prosecutors said. There is an almost...
By Chansa Kunda - ZNBC Tourism Minister RODNEY SIKUMBA has clarified that the two elephants donated to the State of Qatar are purely a state to state transaction. Mr. SIKUMBA says this is contrary to social media assertions that the animals are an illegal...
By Phares Mutembei, The Standard A destructive Lantana Camara plant has invaded parts of Imenti Forest designated as World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The invasive plant has now covered large...
By Ellanie Smit, The Namibian Sun WINDHOEK: Maintaining and improving landscape connectivity is one of the greatest conservation challenges today, as changes in land use and settlement patterns threaten to permanently fragment elephant habitat. According to the...
By Half a century ago, Jane Goodall was spending months at a time sitting in the Gombe forest in what is now Tanzania waiting for wild chimps to approach her so that she could observe their behaviour. Her superhuman patience paid off. The young researcher discovered...
By Harrison Tasoff - Noozhawk Big animals have a big impact on the environment. Whales, elephants, bison: They’re the movers and shakers of their ecosystems. But what happens when they die? An international team of researchers, led by professors at UC Santa Barbara,...
By Taarifa Rwanda Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) on Wednesday paraded before media a group of suspects including; Murokozi Desire, Gisa Derrick, Kaburaburyo Cyriaqué a Burundian national and Nicodem Bagabo from Democratic Republic of Congo. The three were found in...
By Thami Magubane - IOL DURBAN - EZEMVELO Wildlife is facing escalating threats from communities around some of its parks who are demanding full-time employment and are threatening to invade the parks and build houses. Some of these communities are legal “owners” of...