Africa: Why Are So Few Environmental Criminals On Interpol's 'Most Wanted' List?

Environmental crime is big business, often listed among the world's top five criminal activities, just behind counterfeiting and drug crime. So it would be reasonable to think it… Read more »

Africa: Climate Crisis Is a Daily Reality for Many African Communities - How to Try and Protect Them

For many African communities, the climate crisis is not a future scenario - it is a daily emergency. Irreversible losses, destroyed homes, failed harvests, vanishing ecosystems and… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa's Coal Mines Are Leaking Methane - and No One Knows How Much

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. It is released from natural sources (like wetlands) and human activities (coal mining, and oil and gas production). It is also emitted by… Read more »

Africa: Ecoball - How to Turn Picking Up Litter Into a Game for Kids

Every year humanity produces nearly 300 million tonnes of plastic. Only a fraction ever gets recycled. Most ends up in rivers, oceans and soil, slowly breaking down into tiny,… Read more »

Uganda: New Discovery Reveals Chimpanzees in Uganda Use Flying Insects to Tend Their Wounds

Animals respond to injury in many ways. So far, evidence for animals tending wounds with biologically active materials is rare. Yet, a recent study of an orangutan treating a wound… Read more »

Cameroon: Yaoundé Is Set to Sizzle At 38°c By 2030 - How Green Design Could Cool Cameroon's Capital

Yaoundé, the Cameroonian capital, is a vibrant, cosmopolitan city where green hills meet modern architecture, creating a harmonious blend of culture, history and urban… Read more »

Africa: High-Tech Cameras Capture the Secrets of Venomous Snake Bites

For more than 60 million years, venomous snakes have slithered across Earth. Read more »

South Africa: Ancient Antelope Teeth Offer Surprise Insights Into How Early Humans Lived

Understanding what the environment looked like millions of years ago is essential for piecing together how our earliest ancestors lived and survived. Habitat shapes everything,… Read more »

Africa: Slender-Billed Curlews Are Officially Extinct - Here's Why the Loss of These Migratory Birds Really Matters

The slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Read more »

Africa: The Great Wildebeest Migration, Seen From Space - Satellites and AI Are Helping Count Africa's Wildlife

The Great Wildebeest Migration is one of the most remarkable natural spectacles on Earth. Each year, immense herds of wildebeest, joined by zebras and gazelles, travel 800-1,000km… Read more »

South Africa: 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle' Is Corporate Gaslighting - the Real Change Must Come From the Fossil Fuel Industry

"Reduce, reuse, recycle." For more than 50 years, those three Rs have been the world's go-to environmental mantra. Read more »

South Africa: Indigenous Knowledge Systems Can Be Useful Tools in the G20's Climate Change Kit

Indigenous knowledge systems are bodies of knowledge that were developed and used by local communities for centuries. They shape how people understand their environment, solve… Read more »

Africa: How Disaster-Ready Are African Countries? Study of 5 Shows Some Progress, but Also Huge Gaps

When we hear the word "disaster" we often think of floods, droughts or earthquakes - events caused by nature. But what really turns these events into disasters is how prepared we… Read more »

Africa: The Alleged British Links to Mass Deforestation and Displacement in a Conflict Few Have Even Heard of

UK banks, energy giants and arms exporters are at the heart of one of the world's least-known human rights and environmental crises, our research has revealed. Read more »

South Africa: Southern Right Whales Are Having Fewer Calves - What This Says About Ocean Health

Most people are lucky to simply get a glimpse of some fragment of a whale. A subtle puff of mist over the horizon, the curve of a dark smooth back sliding beneath the surface, or… Read more »

South Africa: We Tested If a Specialised Magnetic Powder Could Remove Microplastics From Drinking Water - the Answer Is Yes

Microplastics are the crumbs of our plastic world, tiny pieces that come from bigger items breaking apart or from products like synthetic clothing and packaging. They're now… Read more »

Africa: Africa's 'Great Green Wall' Is Stalling - in Senegal Very Few Planted Areas Show Progress

Africa's Great Green Wall project began as an ambitious plan to build a 15-kilometre-wide band of trees across the north of Africa. The African Union launched the project in 2007… Read more »

Africa: African Countries Gear Up for Major Push On Climate Innovation, Climate Financing and Climate Change Laws

The Second Africa Climate Summit, held in Ethiopia in September 2025, drew more than 25,000 people - from presidents and ministers to farmers, activists, business leaders and… Read more »

Africa: Toxic Pollution Builds Up in Snake Scales - What We Learnt From Black Mambas

Black mambas (Dendroaspis polylepis) are Africa's longest, most famous venomous snakes. Despite their fearsome reputation, these misunderstood snakes are vital players in their… Read more »

Namibia: Windhoek's Old Location Was a Place of Pain, but Also Joy - New Book

All that's left of a famous settlement called the Old Location in Windhoek, Namibia, is a graveyard and a monument to remember the residents who were killed while protesting their… Read more »

South Africa: Nature's Not Perfect - Fig Wasps Try to Balance Sex Ratios for Survival but They Can Get It Wrong

Television nature programmes and scientific papers tend to celebrate the perfection of evolved traits. But the father of evolution through natural selection, Charles Darwin, warned… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania's Green Gold Rush - How Avocado Waste Is Hurting Farmers and What Should Be Done

Avocados have been grown in Tanzania since the early 1890s. The global appetite for the creamy fruit, also known as green gold, is booming. The industry's market value was over… Read more »

Africa: Jane Goodall, the Gentle Disrupter Whose Research On Chimpanzees Redefined What It Meant to Be Human

Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice… Read more »

Africa: Dams for Development? Unpacking Tensions in the World Bank's Hydropower Policies

Dams have been emblematic of the World Bank's approach to development for many decades. From the bank's early years in the 1960s and 1970s, large-scale infrastructure projects such… Read more »

Africa: Palm Trees in Africa Are in Decline - These Botanists Made a Plan to Do Something About It

Palm trees grace the landscape across Africa, thriving in environments as diverse as deserts and rainforests. Central Africa holds the richest variety, home to 52 species, while… Read more »