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Photos: Meet the 2018 ‘Green Oscars’ winners

Mongabay.com 27 Apr 2018

Conservationist known as a caretaker for Kenya’s orphaned elephants dies at 83

Mongabay.com 18 Apr 2018

AI can ‘help us move mountains’ for people and planet, Watson developer says

Erik Hoffner 28 Mar 2018
The savannah and grasslands of the Mara conservancies are home to a spectacular abundance of wildlife, lying at the northern end of the greater Serengeti ecosystem. Photo Credit: Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association

Local conservancies create new hope for wildlife in Kenya’s Maasai Mara (commentary)

Daniel Sopia, Fred Nelson 26 Mar 2018

The world’s last male northern white rhino has died

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2018
Sudan. Courtesy of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya.

Last of its kind: sole surviving male northern white rhino is gravely ill

Mongabay.com 3 Mar 2018

Robbery or retribution? Police investigate death of prominent conservationist in Kenya

Mongabay.com 6 Feb 2018

Lions deal blow to giraffe numbers by targeting young, study finds

Mongabay.com 11 Jan 2018

Kenyan farmers reap economic, environmental gains from ABCDs of agroforestry

Sophie Mbugua 4 Dec 2017
The Maasai people in Kenya pass down environmental knowledge through storytelling. Photo courtesy of Joan de la Malla.

Storytelling empowers indigenous people to conserve their environments

Nicoletta Lanese 27 Nov 2017

Jane Goodall interview: ‘The most important thing is sharing good news’

Mongabay.com 17 Nov 2017

Can agroforestry propel climate commitments? Interview with Peter Minang

Giovanni Ortolani 16 Nov 2017

‘Snow white’ giraffes caught on video for the first time

Mongabay.com 16 Sep 2017

Keeping lions at bay to keep them going

Alexandra Popescu 12 Sep 2017

Doubts cloud Kenya’s renewed palm oil ambitions

David Njagi 21 Aug 2017

Kenyans fear proposed Trump cuts could threaten elephants, ranger jobs

Gitonga Njeru 18 Aug 2017

Climate change is increasing the mortality rate of African wild dog pups

Mike Gaworecki 20 Jul 2017

Story-telling app and website help communities improve their ‘backyards’

Danielle Bettermann 23 Jun 2017

When it comes to rhino conservation, Asia and Africa can learn a lot from each other

Alex Dudley 21 Jun 2017
Mt. Kenya Bush Viper, aka Ashe’s Viper (Atheris desaixi). Photo courtesy of CITES.

Kenya cracks down on illegal trade in rare and venomous vipers

Gitonga Njeru 16 May 2017
Fishermen in the Tana River earlier this year . Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

The Tana River, Kenya’s lifeblood, strains under development and drought

Nathan Siegel 14 Apr 2017

Translating the barcode of wildlife into action

Lalini Pedris 3 Mar 2017

African bush babies gain a new genus

John Cannon 20 Feb 2017
Elephants in Tarangire National Park in Tanzania

Scanning the barcode of wildlife

Lalini Pedris 14 Feb 2017

Increasing tree cover threatens world’s most endangered antelope

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Feb 2017
A bag of charcoal for sale in Namanga border point. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay

Despite delays, Kenya and Tanzania continue to push against illegal logging

Nathan Siegel 29 Jan 2017
A woodcarver makes a carving of a rhinoceros on the outskirts of Lunga Lunga, a town on the border between Kenya and Tanzania. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay

As forests in East Africa disappear, so does an industry of artisans

Nathan Siegel 3 Jan 2017

Cheetah populations crash as fastest-animal disappears from 91% of its range

Mongabay.com 26 Dec 2016

Home for the holidays: Chimp exits war-torn Iraq, lands in Kenya

Geoffrey Kamadi 12 Dec 2016

Cash-strapped rhino groups turn to crowdfunding, with little success

Jeremy Hance 28 Nov 2016
A man transports charcoal in a wheelbarrow in No Man's Land in Namanga, a border town between Kenya and Tanzania. Photo by Nathan Siegel

An East African border town struggles with growing pains

Nathan Siegel 18 Nov 2016
A cook fries potato chips using charcoal at the Salama Guest House on the Kenyan side of Namanga. Photo by Nathan Siegel

In a border town, a favorite African fuel has an uncertain future

Nathan Siegel 3 Nov 2016

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