The reduction of fish stocks in Uganda's Lake Victoria is due to over-fishing and illegal and unregulated fishing activities. The fishing sector is now looking at China's cage ... Read more »
The government has scrapped plans to buy Erindi Private Game Reserve due to a lack of financial resources. Namibia's biggest privately owned game reserve has been on the market for ... Read more »
"Insects make up about half of all known living organisms. They play key roles in, pollination, nutrient cycling, food chains of birds and other insectivores, and are one of the ... Read more »
In an important step in the fight against strains of tuberculosis which resist conventional treatments, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to review urgently a new ... Read more »
Elephants play a crucial role in Africa's savanna ecosystems as seed dispersers. Their dung recycles valuable nutrients and by feeding on trees they maintain the savanna's matrix ... Read more »
Botswana, which has the largest population of elephants in Africa, is considering whether to lift the ban on hunting of those animals and other big game. Read more »
Yang Feng Glan, who is popularly known as the "queen of ivory", and her co-accused were this week sentenced to 15 years in prison for trafficking ivory. The accused faced three ... Read more »
Parks around the continent have embarked on an unusual high-tech experiment to curb poaching. Flying silently and invisibly, drones could be a game-changer as they track both ... Read more »
A wildlife photographer from the United Kingdom has captured images of a black leopard in Kenya. Reports that this was the first photographic evidence of a black leopard in 100 ... Read more »
A safari guide in South Africa's Kruger National Park has captured on video the moment that a honey badger attacked a hungry leopard that was trying to eat her cub. Read more »
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