When it comes to African wildlife, few things capture the imagination like the Big Five animals. I still remember the first time I saw a rhino. It was about 20 years ago, and I was on my first ever ...

Africa is home to a large portion of the world’s biodiversity, and while much is known about its wildlife, the human dimensions of conservation are still not well understood or appreciated. In many ...

In Nigeria, customs officers and conservationists are confronting the grim impacts of the $20 billion trade. Imelda Effiong taking care of Bili, a gorilla, at Pandrillus’s wildlife-rehabilitation ...

In some communities, animals are not kept at a distance but live closely alongside people. Livestock share space with families and play a central role in daily routines. The relationship goes beyond ...

What is the African elephant? African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are slightly larger than their Asian cousins and can be identified by their larger ears that look somewhat ...

From tracking bald eagles in Southwestern Pennsylvania to deterring poachers in southeastern Africa, technology developed by ...

Kruger National Park is a flagship South African conservation area home to lions, elephants, rhinos, and leopards. Tourists from all over the world flock to the park to see wildlife. But people living ...

The “Samburu Special Five” — the reticulated giraffe, Grévy’s zebra, beisa oryx, gerenuk and Somali ostrich — exist only in northern Kenya, southern Ethiopia and Somalia, where they have evolved ...

Fences are among conservation's most controversial interventions. To some, they are essential for conserving wildlife, minimizing encroachment, and preventing the type of conflict that happens when ...

From their home in Contra Costa County, Peter and Corie Knights have made it their mission to help animals. What makes it unusual is those animals live more than 8,000 miles away. The Knights founded ...

South Africa has a thriving wildlife economy – enterprises like trophy and meat hunting, ecotourism, live wildlife sales and game meat production. Government policy considers the sector key to ...