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...
By Robyn Vinter - The Guardian Researchers say findings in Mozambique demonstrate impact of human interference in nature Ivory poaching over decades has led to the evolution of tuskless elephants, researchers have found, proving that humans are “literally changing the...
By Mirage News Sub-Saharan Africa is developing rapidly. With growing economies and increased trade, major road infrastructure plans have been developed for the region, which also hosts some of the world’s most unique and diverse ecosystems. New research looked into...
By Adam Ihucha, e Turbo News Tanzania Tourism players have pumped multi-millions of shillings into an extensive anti-poaching program designed to protect the priceless wildlife heritage of Africa’s animals in the Serengeti National Park. Under the auspices of the...
By Cathrine Moemedi - The Voice A 37-year-old man of Toteng village was on Friday last week acquitted and discharged of unlawful possession of elephant tusks. It was alleged that on August 20th, Kangootui Kangootui was found in possession of two elephant tusks...
By Rachel Nuwer, The New York Times Hundreds of poachers are arrested each year for killing elephants, rhinos, pangolins and other animals in Africa. Yet the problem persists, because there is always a ready supply of desperate men to take the place of those put...