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Threatened: Mountain gorillas will come under increasing stress as global temperatures increase. Photo: Robert Haasmann

Saving gorillas, saving communities: Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka’s One Health approach

The One Health conservation approach shows that healthy communities mean healthier gorillas — and a more sustainable future for Uganda’s wildlife

As rhino poaching syndicates continue to devastate South Africa’s wildlife, reserves such as Klaserie in Limpopo are using highly trained K9 units to track poachers

How dogs join the fight against rhino poaching

As rhino poaching syndicates continue to devastate South Africa’s wildlife, reserves such as Klaserie in Mpumalanga are using highly trained K9 units to track poachers

African penguins, endemic to Southern Africa, are one of the most threatened seabird species globally and they face the risk of extinction in the wild by 2035. Populations have shrunk by 90% in the past 70 years, dwindling to about 8 500 breeding pairs today.

Court order imposes no-fishing zones to safeguard African penguins

This comes after a settlement agreement was reached by conservation NGOs and commercial sardine and anchovy fishers using nets

New regulations are in place in a bid to protect the critically endangered African penguin from the harms caused by shipping. Photo: John Yeld

Fishing industry, NGOs unite to save critically endangered African penguins

African penguin conservation wins with new fishing exclusion zones around key breeding islands

A male Wolkberg Zulu (Alaena margaritacea) perching with wings open on a tussock stem at its type locality. (Photo by Andre Coetzer)

Safety net for rare Wolkberg Zulu butterfly in Limpopo

The insects occur at only two tiny sites at high altitudes in the Wolkberg mountain range

Wild dogs are not the only animals being caught in snares — more than 30 elephants were caught in 2023 alone, as well as hyenas and lions. (File photo by Dianah Chiyangwa)

Behind the scenes of snare removal in the Kruger National Park

The use of tracking collars that send alerts when animals enter snaring hotspots or have been stationary for a certain period has become a key tool