New study finds that some SA populations are estimated to have fallen 95% in only eight years

The applicants argue that the forestry, fisheries and environment minister’s interim fishing closures are ‘biologically meaningless’

Conservation efforts pay off for the southern bald ibis, now downlisted to near threatened after decades of protection

Interest in dugong conservation is surging beyond Mozambique, with regional initiatives being launched to protect the sea mammals

The species face mounting pressure from roads and infrastructure development in Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone

First-ever recorded stranding in more than 30 years in Namibia, South Africa and probably the continent