Endangered Animals

A new IUCN report shows African forest elephants are more numerous than previously believed, not due to recovery, but thanks to groundbreaking DNA-based surveys that have…

Fewer than 340 Botha’s Larks remain in the wild

The return underscores the importance of wildlife corridors, habitat protection and coexistence with local communities

Kenya has proposed the death penalty for wildlife poachers. Jeremiah Asaka argues why it won’t solve the problem of poaching.

From tiny sensors that can be fitted to animals, to swarms of remotely-piloted drones, researchers have a host of new ways to study the natural world

A new threat to vultures is emerging: lead poisoning from ammunition used by game hunters

A campaign to raise $15 000 by Valentine’s Day to fund a search for Romeo’s Juliet before he croaks generated $25 000

The dogs — of varying breeds — have been found to have "very high" early detection rates of 50-70 percent accuracy in discovering the samples.

The pangolin is the world’s most hunted and illegally traded mammal

The Zimbabwe national parks authority says it will raise money from elephant sales to fund its operations, despite meeting resistance.

Bird Life South Africa says the International Union for Conservation in Nature’s 2012 red list shows three bird species in SA are under threat.

An envisaged road to serve commercial interests in Northern Gauteng will destroy endangered frogs’ breeding ground environmentalists have said.

Wildlife agencies clamping down on multimillion rand animal and by-product black market.

Harry Potter fans have been blamed for the demise of wild owls in India as children seek to emulate the boy wizard by taking the birds as pets.

Bottom line is: We’ve changed the world around us, sometimes disastrously and irreparably. Someone has to take responsibility for the mess we’ve made.