African Wildlife & Conservation News
Botswana’s Okavango Delta is created by a delicate balance, but for how much longer?
The Okavango Delta in northern Botswana is a mosaic of water paths, floodplains and arid islands. The delta sits in the Okavango river basin, which spans three African countries: Angola, Namibia and Botswana. Because it’s an oasis, in a semi-arid area, it hosts a rich...
Best of frenemies: Unexpected role of social networks between species
Social networking, even between competing species, plays a much bigger role in ecology than anyone previously thought, according to three biologists at the University of California, Davis. "There's mounting evidence that different species pay attention to each other...
Pressure Mounts on Governments to Stop Baby Elephant Imports
The Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ZNSPCA) has been denied access to the country’s captive elephants, reportedly about to be sent to captive facilities in China. This suggests that welfare concerns are being ignored. The ZNSCPA is...
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Let the [RE]CHARGE journey begin: Hitting the road to raise sustainability awareness
7 October 2019, Zellik – Panasonic’s sustainable rechargeable battery brand, eneloop, has partnered with premium vehicle manufacturer, Jaguar, in a campaign to raise funds for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) engaged in environmental and sustainability projects....
African wildcats under threat of hybridization by domestic and stray cats
Alley Cat Rescue Protects African wildcats in Kruger National Park through TNR. Six hundred free-roaming cats have been sterilized and vaccinated by Alley Cat Rescue's international partnership to protect African wildcats in South Africa. The project aims to protect...
Debunking myths about the impact of elephants on large trees
Pangolins, a group of unique African and Asian scaly mammals, are considered to be one of the most heavily trafficked wild mammals in the world. They are hunted and traded for their meat, scales, and other body parts, and used as traditional medicines in parts of...
Successful Egg Harvest from the last 2 northern white rhinos may save the species
There are only two northern white rhinos left worldwide, both of them female. Saving this representative of megafauna from extinction seems impossible under these circumstances, yet an international consortium of scientists and conservationists just completed a...
Forest elephants are our allies in the fight against climate change, finds research
Forest elephant extinction would exacerbate climate change. That’s according to a new study in Nature Geoscience which links feeding by elephants with an increase in the amount of carbon that forests are able to store. The bad news is that African forest elephants –...
Complex gorilla societies shed light on roots of human social evolution
Gorillas have more complex social structures than previously thought, from lifetime bonds forged between distant relations, to "social tiers" with striking parallels to traditional human societies, according to a new study. The findings suggest that the origins of our...
Logging and road building are expanding dramatically in the Congo Basin
Logging roads are expanding dramatically in the Congo Basin, leading to catastrophic collapses in animal populations living in the world's second-largest rainforest, according to research co-led by a scientist at James Cook University in Australia. Just as worrying is...