Zimbabwe game park to receive $15m from new wildlife fund
Harare – One of Zimbabwe’s biggest wildlife reserves is to receive US$1 million annually from a brand-new fund to help... Read more
6 Jan, 2022
Richard Leakey, fossil hunter and defender of elephants, dies aged 77
Nairobi – World-renowned Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter Richard Leakey, whose groundbreaking discoveries helped prove that humankind evolved in... Read more
3 Jan, 2022
Too many gorillas? The great apes’ hunt for space in Rwanda
Rwanda – A huge male silverback gorilla nibbles on a tasty bamboo shoot before farting loudly, oblivious to his neighbours... Read more
23 Dec, 2021
Leopard rescued after straying into Kenyan home
Nairobi – A leopard wandered into a house in southeastern Kenya after straying from its home in Tsavo National... Read more
17 Dec, 2021
South Africa snips lions to manage species in small reserves
Hoedspruit – On the cusp of sexual maturity, a young lioness is about to be sterilised. It’s to prevent... Read more
15 Dec, 2021
30 South African white rhino relocated to Rwanda in a Boeing 747
Rwanda – Thirty endangered white rhinos arrived in Rwanda on Monday after a long journey from South Africa in a... Read more
30 Nov, 2021
Activists fear gas study threatens South Africa’s Wild Coast
Johannesburg – A planned seismic oil and gas exploration project by energy giant Shell off South Africa’s Wild Coast region,... Read more
16 Nov, 2021
First rhino horn NFT sold at auction in South Africa
Cape Town – A digital replica of a rhino horn sold at an auction in South Africa late Thursday,... Read more
12 Nov, 2021
Rhino horn NFT going on auction in South Africa
Johannesburg – The world’s first rhino horn NFT goes on auction in South Africa this week to raise funding for... Read more
9 Nov, 2021
Bird flu strikes endangered South African cormorants
Johannesburg – Bird flu is ravaging South Africa’s endangered Cape cormorants, killing as much as 5% of the world’s remaining... Read more
27 Oct, 2021
