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

Mongabay.com 22 May 2019

Bird flu in Namibia’s penguins wanes, after killing nearly 500

John Cannon 24 Apr 2019

Community buy-in stamps out elephant poaching in Zambian park

John Cannon 22 Apr 2019

Deforestation diminishes access to clean water, study finds

John Cannon 15 Apr 2019

A plea to Botswana: Please rethink a “Not Enough Fences” approach (commentary)

Steve Osofsky 14 Mar 2019

180 years of herps: Q&A with Luis Ceríaco on Angola’s atlas of life

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Mar 2019

Trouble in Botswana’s elephant paradise as poaching said to rise

Johan Augustin 5 Mar 2019

Satellite trackers help fight vultures’ extinction in southern Africa

Munyaradzi Makoni 13 Dec 2018

A Zambian sanctuary finds caring for chimps is a lifetime commitment

Humphrey Nkonde 13 Dec 2018

Deforested, degraded land restoration a top priority for African leaders

Mongabay.com 19 Nov 2018

Panama, Namibia plan to reveal fishing fleet data via online map

Basten Gokkon 19 Nov 2018

Speed trap: Cameras help defuse human-cheetah conflict in Botswana

Calistus Bosaletswe 13 Nov 2018

Tsetse fly numbers dwindle in the warming Zambezi Valley

Mongabay.com 29 Oct 2018

Tracking elephant movements reveals transboundary wildlife corridors

Calistus Bosaletswe 10 Sep 2018

87 elephants found dead in Botswana, one of last safe havens for the species

Mongabay.com 5 Sep 2018

Study finds widespread degradation, deforestation in African woodlands

John Cannon 27 Aug 2018

Automating drone-based wildlife surveys saves time and money, study finds

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 2 Aug 2018

Climate change could be killing Africa’s giant baobabs

Mongabay.com 13 Jun 2018

Documenting the African elephant’s ‘last stand’: Q&A with filmmakers Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson

John Cannon 21 May 2018

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

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2018

After exporting baby elephants, Zimbabwe pledges to turn over new leaf on conservation

Jeremy Hance 23 Jan 2018

Rhino DNA database helps officials nab poachers and traffickers

Mongabay.com 8 Jan 2018

African Parks backs marine reserve brimming with wildlife in Mozambique

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2017

Traffickers find new ways to smuggle rhino horn out of Africa

Isabel Esterman 19 Sep 2017

African bush babies gain a new genus

John Cannon 20 Feb 2017

Investors learning to pay heed to community land rights

John Cannon 13 Feb 2017

Toxic beetles and poisonous plants: Study reveals how southern Africa’s ‘bushmen’ make deadly poison arrows

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Feb 2016

Big increase in little farms is whittling away Angola’s woodlands

Apoorva Joshi 17 Dec 2015

Zimbabweans near protected areas feel good about wildlife. Tourists? Not so much.

Kolawole Talabi 10 Jul 2015

Lions return to Rwanda

Jeremy Hance 29 Jun 2015

Land redistribution in Zimbabwe threatens wildlife and human populations

Brittany Stewart 29 Apr 2015

Firewood fervor may turn Zimbabwe into an ‘outright desert’

Apoorva Joshi 5 Mar 2015

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