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Africa’s wildlife has lost a third of its 'ecological power,' study says

By Malavika Vyawahare It’s a fundamental question for ecologists in this age: How are biodiversity losses reshaping how ...

Researchers map Africa's snaring crisis, calling for sustainable solutions

The thunder of a rifle echoes across the Savannah. Antelope scatter as birds of all feathers take to the air. A dull thud ...
Forbes

When It Comes To Saving African Wildlife, All Conservation Is Local

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a filmmaker & biologist covering conservation & outdoor topics. This article is more than 3 years old. Human-animal conflict ...

This Wildlife Photographer Captured 41 Breathtaking Moments From The African Wild

Harman Singh Heer is one of those rare wildlife photographers whose images feel less like photographs and more like ...
Daily MaverickOpinion

Southern Africa’s wildlife trade agenda implodes, and with it the veneer of a ‘successful’ conservation model

CITES CoP20 in Samarkand exposed a stark truth: the conservation model southern Africa has spent decades promoting is no ...
IFLScience

There Could Be 10,000 More African Forest Elephants Than We Thought – But They’re Still Critically Endangered

The new assessment totals 135,690 forest elephants, 16 percent more than the figure estimated in 2016, with an additional 7,728-10,990 individuals based on more tentative work. If factoring in both ...
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

What’s the difference between Asian and African elephants? And 10 other elephant facts

Elephants are vital to ecosystems. Learn interesting facts and how WWF works to protect them across Africa and Asia.
The Mail & Guardian

Illegal wildlife trade, habitat loss and climate stress driving rapid biodiversity decline in SA

Freshwater fish, sharks, rays, endemic plants and iconic mammals are among the country’s fastest-declining species, as ...
CNN

Opinion: Why the world needs African wildlife filmmakers

I am an African living in Nairobi, Kenya, who makes films about my continent’s wildlife. But as a species, wildlife filmmakers from Africa are rarer than mountain gorillas. This needs to change. We ...
Los Angeles Times

Iconic African wildlife to be the focus at world conference

MOMBASA, Kenya — Iconic African wildlife such as elephants, big cats and rosewood trees will be central to discussions of the World Wildlife Conference slated for Panama later this year. The standing ...
Forbes

Saving African Wildlife Through Prints For Wildlife

Heading out on an African safari may not be possible until 2022, but as the world wrestles with the economic effects of the pandemic, climate change and habitat loss for wildlife, it’s heartening to ...
CNN

In Africa, wildlife raises the risk of deadly diseases. It doesn’t have to

Editor’s Note: Robert Mwinyihali is the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Central Africa urban bushmeat coordinator, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Jean Paul Kibambe is the WCS country ...