by ACF | Apr 23, 2018 | Wildlife News
Malawi Parliament last month passed new regulations that place an additional 216 species under protection. The regulations form a critical secondary law to the National Parks and Wildlife Act (NPWA), which came into effect in 2017, and which most notably increased... 
by ACF | Apr 20, 2018 | Bushmeat, In Focus, Wildlife News
A new study has found that hornbills, vultures and eagles are being hunted for bushmeat in Cameroon in much greater numbers than previously thought. Researchers estimate that people living around the proposed Ebo National Park in Cameroon’s Littoral region consumed an... 
by ACF | Mar 20, 2018 | Rhinos, Wildlife News
The last male northern white rhino has died in Kenya at the age of 45, on Monday 19 March, leaving only two females of his subspecies alive at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya’s Laikipia County. Sudan “was being treated for age-related complications that led to... 
by ACF | Mar 4, 2018 | Elephants, Wildlife News
A genetic study of living and extinct elephant species generated proof forest elephants and the savanna elephants are indeed two separate species – an issue that has been a scientific debate for many years. The scientists behind the study hope that these findings help... 
by ACF | Feb 8, 2018 | Wildlife News
Many people find caves scary, and they get even more scary when you encounter orange creatures with blazing red eyes. “It was maybe two or three meters from me and the eyes were bright red, reflecting my light. I was so frightened,” Olivier Testa, a cave... 
by ACF | Feb 2, 2018 | Wildlife News
In a special episode of her television show, American television superstar Ellen DeGeneres has just celebrated her 60th birthday and was moved to tears by a special gift from her wife, Portia de Rossi. The meaningful present is establishment of The Ellen DeGeneres...