Africa: Female Baboons Keep Family Bonds Strong - Research Reveals the Benefits

Baboons are one of the most widespread of Africa's primate groups. They range across sub-Saharan Africa and into the Arabian Peninsula. Read more »

Africa: Sharks, Seals, Hunters, Tourists - How Wildlife-Human Interactions Matter for Conservation

Our relationships with wildlife are dynamic. They can change rapidly and unexpectedly. Read more »

Africa: AI in Nature Conservation - Powerful Tool or Dangerous Shortcut?

Conservationists analyse overwhelming volumes of ecological data in their work. For example, they might need to process decades of weather data or the movements of millions of… Read more »

South Africa: Rhino Horn - Why South Africa Wants to Revive the International Trade, and Why Critics Fear the Consequences

South Africa wants to expand exports of rhino hunting trophies and other wildlife products. The move relies on an exemption process within the international treaty that has largely… Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Why Do Male Chimpanzees Throw Rocks At the Same Trees for More Than a Decade? We Travelled to Remote Guinea-Bissau to Find Out

Walking through the savanna-woodland landscape of Boé National Park, Guinea-Bissau, you might encounter a tree covered in gnarled scars, with an accumulation of rocks… Read more »

Africa: Bottom Trawling Is Scraping Oceans of Wildlife

Bottom trawlers extract one-quarter of the world's fisheries catches by weight and raise significant ecological, economic and social concerns. Given that, you'd think there would… Read more »

Kenya: How Wildlife Conservancies Perpetuate Green Colonialism in Kenya

The story of wildlife conservation in East Africa is often told through spectacular images of beautiful scenery and the region's charismatic animals. But seldom asked is the… Read more »

South Africa: Bird and Tortoise Fossil Tracks On South Africa's Coast - Latest Findings Are World Firsts

The south coast of South Africa's Western Cape province is a rich source of fossil tracks and traces - clues suggesting what this environment may have been like many thousands of… Read more »

Africa: Global Trade in Wild Birds Is Poorly Monitored - the Risks to Wildlife, Ecosystems and Human Health

Birds have, for centuries, been captured from the wild to be kept in cages - valued for their looks, songs and ability to imitate sounds. Data compiled by the Convention on… Read more »

Kenya: Seizure of 2,000 Ants At Nairobi Airport Highlights the Hidden Scale of Insect Trafficking

Last year Kenya Wildlife Service warned of a growing demand for garden ants in Europe and Asia, where some people view them as exotic pets. An attempt to smuggle over 2,000 garden… Read more »

Tanzania: How to Eat an Elephant - Fossil Find in Tanzania Shows Oldest Signs of Butchering These Giant Mammals

Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg. This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric titan that roamed the… Read more »

Africa: Should Wildlife Parks Be Fenced? We Studied 60 African Examples for an Answer

Fences are among conservation's most controversial interventions. Read more »

South Africa: Leopards Adapted to South Africa's Cape So Successfully That They're Genetically Unique - Study

Animals of the same species don't always look the same. From birds with different beak shapes to mammals that vary in size or colour, populations living in different places can… Read more »

Namibia: Donkeys Are a Common Sight in Northern Namibia

Donkeys are an unassuming yet ubiquitous presence in northern Namibia. They traverse sandy village roads, pull carts stacked with firewood, and graze freely along the northern edge… Read more »

Southern Africa: Bats, Bushbabies and Aardvark Edge Closer to Extinction in Southern Africa

A new list of threatened mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini shows that 11 more species have edged closer to extinction since 2016. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Human-Wildlife Conflict in Zimbabwe Is a Crisis - Who Is in Danger, Where and Why?

In the fishing villages along Lake Kariba in northern Zimbabwe, near the border with Zambia, everyday routines that should be ordinary - like collecting water, walking to the… Read more »

Africa: Risks Young Chimps Take As They Swing Through the Trees Underscore Role of Protective Parenting in Humans

Adolescents are known for risky behavior, with teenagers in the U.S. more likely than younger children to die from injury. But what's responsible for this uptick in risk-taking… Read more »

Namibia: A Namib Desert Beetle Runs to Stay Cool - How Scientists Solved the Puzzle of This Unique and Speedy Species

The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot - the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising number of around 200 beetle species live on its bare,… Read more »

South Africa: Land Reform in South Africa - How New Landholders Could Prosper From Wildlife and Not Just Farming

South Africa has a thriving wildlife economy - enterprises like trophy and meat hunting, ecotourism, live wildlife sales and game meat production. Read more »

Africa: Hotter Weather Thickens the Blood of Wild Mammals

Large wild mammals - from elephants to antelopes - are already struggling to cope with global warming. Now new research shows that even the small creatures adapted to harsh, arid… Read more »

Africa: Great Apes Are Humans' Closest Relatives, but Many Are Endangered By Illegal Trading. Here's What Needs to Be Done

Great apes are humans' closest relatives in the animal kingdom. As much as 98.8% of their DNA is shared, but while the number of humans living on the planet is increasing fast,… Read more »

Kenya: Managing Conflict Between Baboons and People - What's Worked - and What Hasn't

Conflict between humans and baboons can tear communities apart. Shirley C. Strum has studied wild olive baboons in Kenya for more than 50 years. In that time she's come to… Read more »

South Africa: Fossil Hunters Find Tracks of Animals From About 3 Million Years Ago - a First in South Africa

South Africa is well known for its fossil heritage, a record of plants and animals that tells us what the world was like long ago. Read more »

Africa: Africa's Longest-Running Grassland Research Project Offers Up a Wealth of Knowledge

For 75 years, grasslands research conducted just outside Pietermaritzburg, South Africa has informed policy makers and farmers about sustainable management, while training… 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 »