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Lion. Image by Tambako the Jaguar via Flickr (CC BY-ND-2.0)

Coronavirus is a crisis for South Africa’s captive lions, campaigners warn

James Fair 13 Apr 2020

‘Just incredible’ reptiles and amphibians of South Africa: Q&A with Tyrone Ping

Erik Hoffner 16 Mar 2020

Rhino poaching in South Africa declines for fifth straight year

Mongabay.com 7 Feb 2020
Chacma baboons in Tokai. Image by Ted Matherly via Flickr (CC BY-NC-2.0)

Urban wildlife: Managing Cape Town’s baboons

Heather Richardson 28 Jan 2020
Burning a poisoned white-backed vulture carcass. Image courtesy Wildlife ACT.

Alarm over mass vulture poisoning in South Africa

Fred Kockott 29 Dec 2019

Vervet monkeys thrive despite habitat loss in South Africa

Mongabay.com 9 Dec 2019
Hooded vulture. Image courtesy John Davies/EWT

Lift-off for first African vulture safe zones

Fred Kockott, Tony Carnie 28 Nov 2019
Big Tusker, Tembe Elephant Park. Photo courtesy Monica Klopper

Expansion of a famous elephant park holds out hope for Africa’s big tuskers

Matthew Hattingh, Mlu Mdletshe 14 Oct 2019

As climate crisis deepens, wildlife adapts, maybe with lessons for us

Mongabay.com 20 Sep 2019

Big cat trade driven by demand for traditional Asian medicine, according to report

Mongabay.com 13 Aug 2019

Is the rhino horn trade a cartel? Economic analysis suggests it works like one

Abhaya Raj Joshi 12 Aug 2019

New film details wrenching impact of illegal rhino horn trade on families

John Cannon 27 Jun 2019
Temminck's Ground Pangolin: Photo: KeithConnelly

Documentary seeks to tip the scales against illegal pangolin trafficking

Erna Curry 27 Jun 2019

The Great Insect Dying: How to save insects and ourselves

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2019

The Great Insect Dying: The tropics in trouble and some hope

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2019

The health of penguin chicks points scientists to changes in the ocean

Mongabay.com 22 May 2019

Top camera trapping stories of 2018

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 31 Dec 2018

Satellite trackers help fight vultures’ extinction in southern Africa

Munyaradzi Makoni 13 Dec 2018

Another Cecil? Secrecy surrounds June trophy lion hunt

Jeremy Hance 13 Jul 2018

Owner of South African hunting company indicted by US prosecutors over illegal elephant hunt

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 2018

Rangers face a ‘toxic mix’ of mental strain and lack of support

Jim Tan 24 May 2018

Meet the winners of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2018

From galaxies far, far away to endangered species just over the hill

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 11 Apr 2018

Illegal ‘white gold,’ South Africa’s abalone, pouring into Hong Kong: TRAFFIC

Mongabay.com 13 Feb 2018

Powering cameras and empowering people

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 1 Feb 2018

Rhino poaching in South Africa dipped slightly last year, but ‘crisis continues unabated,’ conservationists say

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2018

The ups and downs of marine protected areas: Examining the evidence

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jan 2018

Crowdsourcing the fight against poaching, with the help of remote cameras

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 22 Jan 2018

Rhino DNA database helps officials nab poachers and traffickers

Mongabay.com 8 Jan 2018

U.S. court ruling complicates Trump’s elephant and lion policy

Jeremy Hance 2 Jan 2018
Prince Harry (right) and Roy Hensberg translocating a rhinoceros in Malawi with African Parks. Photo courtesy of Frank Weitzer / African Parks.

Prince Harry becomes president of conservation group

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2017
Fish swim in a healthy seagrass meadow. The seagrass provides cover from currents and predators. Photo courtesy of MCC.

Bees for trees: testing a potential tool for reducing human-elephant conflict

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 13 Dec 2017

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