South Africa: 'Fiddling With Nature' Plan Revives Fears Over Lake St Lucia's Future

Four estuarine researchers have set the lions among the wildebeest by calling for a resumption of artificial river breaching, dredging and other actions that they believe are… Read more »

Zimbabwe: The Science of Sharing Land - How Cattle and Wildlife Thrive Side-By-Side in Zimbabwe

Inside Zimbabwe's Shangani Holistic, a 65,000-hectare 'living laboratory', scientists and farmers are exploring how cattle, wildlife and people can coexist on the same land. Read more »

South Africa: After Dodging Extinction, Will the Black Wildebeest Now Fade Away to Blue?

Having narrowly escaped extinction in the 19th century, the black wildebeest now faces a different threat: being genetically absorbed by the far more numerous blue wildebeest.… Read more »

Zimbabwe: They're Back! Rhino Orphans Return to the Shores of Lake Kariba

Three decades after their parents were evacuated to save them from the bullets of poachers, a group of black rhinos has returned home to Zimbabwe's Matusadona National Park. Read more »

Africa: Hidden Economies of the Wild - From Worms to Frankincense

Can conservation pay for itself and create meaningful livelihoods beyond fenced protected areas? Researchers and entrepreneurs across southern and east Africa are exploring ways… Read more »

South Africa: The Last Zoo Elephants - Why Johannesburg Can No Longer Justify Their Captivity

The continued confinement of Lammie, Ramadiba and Mopane rests on an assumption that their needs can be met within the Johannesburg Zoo. The available evidence suggests that this… Read more »

South Africa: Gqeberha Bids Farewell to the Animal Activist, Performer and Teacher Linda-Louise Swain

Tributes came pouring in for Gqeberha performer, teacher and animal lover Linda-Louise Swain, who has sadly died at the age of 67. Read more »

South Africa: Madikwe Reserve and the Normalisation of Killing Elephants

A willingness to kill elephants as a management tool in North West's Madikwe Nature Reserve suggests a shift in South Africa's conservation approach. What was once a last resort… Read more »

South Africa: How South Africans Are Using High-Tech to Rewrite the Rules of Wildlife Conservation

South Africans are playing a pioneering role in harnessing drones, artificial intelligence and other digital tech tools to reshape wildlife conservation management -- and to reduce… Read more »

South Africa: Gold Fields' Relocation Project Adds to Scientific Insights Into Chinchillas

The need to move a colony of the wild rodents at a mine in Chile is resulting in scientific studies and a deeper understanding of the species. Read more »

Africa: Living With Danger - How Moral Dilemmas Shape Conservation in Africa

Living with wildlife in Africa comes with real danger - and tough moral choices. A growing body of research shows that the voices of the people living alongside lions, elephants -… Read more »

South Africa: Chirpy and Thriving - 46 Rescued African Penguin Chicks Recovering Well After Island Floods

Forty-six African penguin chicks rescued from Bird Island floods are thriving at Sanccob, receiving expert care and a chance for recovery as climate change poses ongoing threats. Read more »

South Africa: Mpumalanga Moves to Shut Down Captive Lion Breeding

Just as many expected a retreat from wildlife reform, Mpumalanga has taken the opposite step - moving to shut down captive lion breeding and jolting an industry that believed the… Read more »

South Africa: Humans and Baboons - Why My Hopes That They Could Peacefully Coexist Were Dashed

As much as one might yearn to repair our human separation from nature, true coexistence with baboons means keeping them at a safe distance from us and the landscapes we've… Read more »

South Africa: Cape Peninsula's Neo-Apartheid - What the Baboon Crisis Reveals About Power, Exclusion and Ethical Failure

In the Cape Peninsula baboon crisis, the language, assumptions and policy options being advanced echo apartheid's architecture of control: spatial segregation, forced removal,… Read more »

South Africa: Cape Peninsula Baboons - A Public Protector Complaint and Accountability in a World Heritage Site

The actions in the R27-million plan for the Cape Peninsula's chacma baboons are irreversible. The urgent question is whether the decision-making process that led to these actions… Read more »

South Africa: Rhino Killers Shift Their Sights Back to Kruger National Park

The good news is that poachers slaughtered far fewer rhinos in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in KwaZulu-Natal last year. The bad news is that they killed many more in Kruger National… Read more »

South Africa: High-Flying Former Kruger Ranger Claims He Was Framed for Rhino Poaching

Once hailed as the 'Crown Prince of the Kruger', former regional ranger Rodney Landela has taken the stand insisting he was framed for the killing of a white rhino in July 2016. As… Read more »

South Africa: Nan Rice - A South African Household Name in the Fight to Protect the Ocean's Mammals

Over about five decades, Dolphin Action and Protection Group founder Nan Rice worked tirelessly to protect dolphins, whales and porpoises, and many other marine creatures, driven… Read more »

South Africa: Endangered Penguins and Gannets Threatened As Tar Balls Wash Up Along SA Coastline

Toxic tar balls threaten endangered seabirds along South Africa's coast, revealing significant gaps in the country's pollution monitoring and response capabilities. Read more »

South Africa: Cruelty Exposed - Inside South Africa's Cub-Petting Industry

We speak to anti-cruelty nonprofit founder Nina Jackel about an undercover investigation exposing how lion and tiger cub petting feeds a global industry built on cruelty, profit… Read more »

South Africa: The Unkindest Cut - Tail Docking Remains a Troubling Norm

A close look at what tail docking actually involves, why it persisted long after its rationale collapsed and how a recent conviction brings South African law back into focus. Read more »

South Africa: Hippo Meat Frenzy Ends in Tragedy At Lake St Lucia

Two men have died in the aftermath of the illegal snaring of a hippo in the Imfolozi River floodplain, near the mouth of Lake St Lucia in northern KwaZulu-Natal Read more »

South Africa: Ensuring Animal Wellbeing Is Not an Extremist Movement, As Commercial-Use Proponents Will Have You Believe

Inaccurate and misleading language is being used to justify the commercial exploitation of wildlife and discredit those who advocate for animal welfare and wellbeing. Read more »

South Africa: After Kruger Park Storms, Love and Grief in the Time of Floods Spur the Spirit of Solidarity

As the waters recede, we gather the flotsam and jetsam of what we took for granted before the rains came. And amid chaos, locals unite to rebuild essential bridges, showcasing… Read more »