By Dina Fine Maron, National Geographic They walk in circles and appear dizzy before suddenly dropping dead, sometimes face-first. No one knows why. Over the past several months, hundreds of elephants have died in Botswana, some with these symptoms. The bizarre...
By SIMON OSBORNE - Express WILDLIFE experts are investigating the mystery deaths of hundreds of elephants in the southern African country of Botswana, amid fears it could "cross over into people". Officials have verified 281 elephant carcasses since the first...
By Francois Murphy and William Maclean, New York Times The illegal global trade in ivory has shrunk while the trafficking of pangolins has soared, a U.N. report on wildlife crime based on four years' data said on Friday. National bans on selling ivory, particularly...
By Reuters Botswana said on Friday it had received test results from samples sent to Zimbabwe to determine the cause of death of hundreds of elephants but is waiting for more results from South Africa next week before sharing findings with the public. Wildlife...
By The New Daily A Western Australian government wildlife manager, photographed posing with dead animals at a South African game lodge, has been fired. Jewell Crossberg was recently appointed acting district manager in Esperance at the Department of Biodiversity,...
By Patrick Greenfield, The Guardian A plan to create the first universally recognised list of species on Earth has prompted hopes of an end to centuries of disagreement and confusion over how to classify the world’s library of life. The 10-point plan aims to finally...
By John Basquillo, Global Trade Review Criminal groups are exploiting soft commodities trading networks to conceal the trafficking of illegal wildlife and animal products, a new report has shown, prompting calls for renewed efforts by banks to investigate the...
By Dina Fine Maron, National Geographic Night after night, men infiltrate the forests blanketing northwestern Uganda. They come by boat, paddling east across Lake Albert in canoes made from hollowed out trees, before creeping into the lush undergrowth of the country’s...
By Charmaine Ngatjiheue and Arlana Shikongo, The Namibian Namibia has recorded a drastic drop in rhino and elephant poaching cases in the past three years because of improved response mechanisms, the government said yesterday. Minister of environment Pohamba...
By Gilbert Koech, The Star “It seems baby elephants are falling out of the sky, 138 bouncing baby jumbos so far.” That’s what Amboseli Trust for Elephants director Cynthia Moss says. Every time her team goes out, they find several new calves, she told the Star....