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One of approximately 200 kipunji monkeys in the Udzungwa Mountains. Image courtesy Anthony Jarrett.

New strategy launched to protect Tanzanian biodiversity hotspot

Ryan Truscott 2 Apr 2025
A lion at Ruaha National Park.

Chain-link fencing protects livestock from big cat attacks in Tanzania: Study

Gilbert Nakweya 31 Mar 2025
Fishermen in the ocean near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Image by UN Photo/Milton Grant via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Tanzania’s marine reserves offer long-term benefits to communities, study finds

Mark DeGraff 24 Mar 2025
In a vibrant green forestscape, a man in a blue t-shirt and gumboots stretches his arms across the dark bole of an enormous, extravagantly buttressed tree.. Image courtesy Andrea Bianchi.

‘3,000 year-old’ trees in Tanzania are new species

Ryan Truscott 20 Mar 2025
Blue and gold fusilier fish above a seagrass meadow, Desroches Atoll, Seychelles. Image courtesy of Seychelles Seagrass Mapping and Carbon Assessment project.

From Kenya to Madagascar, massive effort aims to put seagrasses on the map

Malavika Vyawahare 4 Mar 2025
Image of a female lion with wildebeest kill in Tanzania. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

African NGOs appeal judgement in controversial oil pipeline case

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Feb 2025
Tropical botanist Andrea Bianchi examines a species of Anthocleista in Ngezi Forest Reserve. Unlike the species that grows in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains, the ones he and colleagues found in Ngezi are armed with spines, more akin to a species that grows in West Africa. Image by Ryan Truscott for Mongabay.

Forest of rare trees in Zanzibar now earmarked for ‘eco-resort’

Ryan Truscott 13 Feb 2025
Giant Rats: Wildlife crime's unexpected weapon | Wild Targets

How to train giant rats to fight wildlife trafficking?

Lucia Torres 12 Feb 2025
Dora rewards Nandera with a mixture of avocado, banana and pellets.

Meet the giant rats fighting wildlife trafficking

Lucia Torres 12 Feb 2025
Banner image of African heads of states and partners at the Mission 300 energy summit courtesy of the African Development Bank Group.

African nations commit to electricity for 300 million people by 2030

Kristine Sabillo 30 Jan 2025
Maasai herder in Morogoro, not far from Ruaha National Park. Image by Shengena Killel/IFRI via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

World Bank cancels $150m tourism project in Tanzania after abuse claims

Ashoka Mukpo 23 Jan 2025

‘An oval with legs’: In search of Tanzania’s tiny island antelope

Ryan Truscott 20 Jan 2025
Khamis Ali Khamis, acting-chief-in-charge of Ngezi Forest Reserve, wearing a brown peaked cap and green t-shirt, smiles at the camera. Image by Ryan Truscott for Mongabay.

Growing conservation and community: Interview with Ngezi reserve chief

Ryan Truscott 20 Jan 2025
A southern patas monkey (Erythrocebus baumstarki) sits on the branch of a tree in the Serengeti. Image courtesy Katie Sanborn.

Gum-eating Tanzanian monkey is AWOL, fueling extinction fears

Ryan Truscott 9 Dec 2024
A Maasai looking over Ololosokwan. Image by Benjamin Hindrichs.

How German government funds are used to dispossess Tanzania’s Maasai in Serengeti land grab

Benjamin Hindrichs 29 Nov 2024

Legal battle against controversial oil pipeline faces another setback

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Nov 2024

Vulture poisonings in the Serengeti alarm conservationists

Sean Mowbray 26 Nov 2024
Terrat residents at an entrepreneurship training facilitated by TACCEI. Image courtesy TACCEI.

For Tanzania’s Maasai, adapting to climate change may mean less livestock, more trees

Naomi Achieng' 30 Oct 2024
A Maasai cattle herder in Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Ahead of COP16, groups warn of rights abuses linked to ‘30×30’ goal

Aimee Gabay 18 Sep 2024
A ranger with the Uganda Wildlife Authority on patrol in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in November 2023. Image by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

US govt watchdog: Human rights still at risk in overseas conservation aid

Ashoka Mukpo 17 Sep 2024

Maasai women struggle to survive amid forced evictions in conservation area

Bobby Bascomb 13 Sep 2024
Thatching grass collected in the miombo woodlands. Thatching grass is used to roof homes, woven into fences and for other purposes, and is one of the numerous non-timber forest products derived from the woodlands. Image courtesy of Edwin Tambara, AWF.

Meet the Miombo, the largest forest you’ve never heard of

Ruth Kamnitzer 3 Sep 2024

Luxury hunting firm linked to decades of poaching in Tanzania, whistleblowers say

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2024

Maasai block tourist road protesting forced eviction from ancestral land

Bobby Bascomb 20 Aug 2024

Saving Lake Victoria from plastic: Interview with Kenya’s teenage Muchilwa siblings

Juliet Akoth Ojwang 31 Jul 2024

Chatterbox chimps converse just like humans (but with more gestures)

Spoorthy Raman 29 Jul 2024

Trophy hunting of Amboseli’s super-tuskers in Tanzania sparks outrage, calls for a ban

Malavika Vyawahare 22 Jul 2024

‘Extinct’ trees found in Tanzania spark hope for ecosystem recovery

Ryan Truscott 16 Jul 2024
Harare locals visit the Mbare Agricultural Market to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. Photo by: Charles Dhewa.

African markets tackle food insecurity and climate change — but lack investment

Aimee Gabay 16 Jul 2024
Preparation towards graduating boys into Maasai warriors in Simanjiro District.

Forced evictions suppress Maasai spirituality & sacred spaces in Tanzania

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 22 Jun 2024

Study: Female chimps that don’t leave their birth groups can still avoid inbreeding

Malavika Vyawahare 20 Jun 2024

UNESCO accused of supporting human rights abuses in African parks

Aimee Gabay 17 Jun 2024

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