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How trafficking & misconceptions threaten Nigeria’s wildlife: Q&A with Dr. Mark Ofua

Peril and persistence define the path of Africa’s conservationists

Green groups oppose Qatari luxury resort near pristine world heritage site

Critically endangered chameleon discovered outside its known habitat in Madagascar

After terror attacks, Mozambique nature reserve faces ‘new reality’

USAID cut curbs hopes at Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area

Guinea-Bissau’s grassroots efforts offer a blueprint for global mangrove restoration (commentary)

Fighting back against Guinea-Bissau’s illegal chimpanzee trade

To collect native seeds, Ugandan botanists are climbing forest giants

Tabby’s likely ancestor & Earth’s most widespread wildcat is an enigma

Urban forests in Niger’s schoolyards serve climate resilience and education

Wildlife crime crackdown in jeopardy worldwide after US funding cuts

Tropical forest loss hit new heights in 2024; fire a major driver in Latin America

Crisis hits community-led conservation group in northern Kenya

Soldiers raid village as tensions flare over DRC’s Kamoa mine expansion

Profit imbalance in palm oil industry risks environmental compliance, report says

13 years after deadly attack, an okapi returns to Epulu in DRC reserve

Cape vulture conservation offers hope, but challenges remain

Traffickers slither through loopholes with wild-caught African snakes and lizards

In Côte d’Ivoire a changing climate hits farmers and markets alike

Top 25 most threatened primates highlighted in new report urging action

Dredging and pollution threaten fishing in the Niger River

Report shows policy gaps in safeguarding the carbon rights of forest communities

Trophies, body parts & live animals dominate global lion trade, data show

In Cameroon’s forgotten forests, gorillas and chimps hang on

Protected parks in peril as Republic of Congo ramps up oil drilling

Poaching intensifies in M23-occupied areas of Virunga National Park

Rwanda’s Olivier Nsengimana inspires protection for gray crowned cranes in East Africa

PHOTO ESSAY Wind-blown sand scouring life off a Southern African landscape

Through colonization, conflicts and conservation: 100 years of Virunga National Park

Côte d’Ivoire cacao farmers struggle as climate havoc devastates crops

Discovery of critically endangered bat in Rwanda leads to conservation talks

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