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Ethiopian highlands yield a new species of egg-eating snake

Naina Rao 9 Oct 2026

How to grow $25K into community-led conservation: Interview with Tanzania’s Mwambao

David Akana 2 Oct 2026
A pride of lions inside Queen Elizabeth National Park. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Uganda and NGO to co-manage sector of national park home to tree-climbing lions

Ashoka Mukpo 2 Oct 2026
Giraffes roam Kenya’s open savannas, part of the rich wildlife that draws visitors and makes ecotourism an important source of revenue for conservation and local communities. Image by Angela Scott.

From ‘community-based’ to ‘community-led conservation’ in Kenya: Interview with Dickson Kaelo

David Akana 1 Oct 2026
Children belonging to the Karamojong ethnic group in Karamoja, Uganda, help with household chores.

Uganda pastoralists turn to wild plants as food shortages bite, study finds

Kingsley Charles 29 Sep 2026

Kenyan nuclear project faces international legal challenge over security risks

Elodie Toto 29 Sep 2026
Nubian (formerly Rothschild's) giraffe in Uganda. Image by Julie Larsen ©Wildlife Conservation Society.

In war-torn South Sudan, giraffes retain a surprisingly healthy gene pool

David Brown 29 Sep 2026

Reintroduced Grauer’s gorilla gives birth in DRC national park, ‘makes us happy’

Elodie Toto 28 Sep 2026
A mountain gorilla encountered during a gorilla tourism trek in Uganda.

Ugandans plant trees near national park to keep people out of gorillas’ habitat

Associated Press 24 Sep 2026
Saruni, a male giant ground pangolin

Electric fences that kill and the Maasai trying to save Kenya’s last giant pangolins

Pauline Kairu 15 Sep 2026
Pallid harrier (Circus macrourus) at Omsk, Russia in 2026. Image by Yaroslav Burmatov via INaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

‘Birds know no borders’: Interview with BirdLife Africa’s Alex Ngari

Wilson Odhiambo 8 Sep 2026
DO NOT REUSE A Rüppell's vulture, in Boma National Park, South Sudan. Image © Marcus Westberg.

World Heritage status for South Sudan parks will be a boon for the birds

Ryan Truscott 7 Sep 2026
Mangroves and Shorebirds in the Lamu area, Indian Ocean Coast of Kenya. Image by GRID-Arendal/Peter Prokosch via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

UN fund for sharing biodiversity benefits struggles for attention — and money

Mactilda Mbenywe 1 Sep 2026
Sea cucumbers are harvested beyond Pemba Island in Tanzania. Here, a sea cucumber rancher displays part of his harvest from a ranch on Mafia Island. Image by Ashoka Mukpo/Mongabay.

A sea cucumber venture in Zanzibar seeks to balance business and conservation

David Akana 28 Aug 2026

Kenya’s clothing waste raises concerns about potential public health risks

Ouma Elvine Tina 26 Aug 2026
A Kenya Wildlife Service team rescued this elephant that was stuck in the mud in Muchuro, Isiolo County, on Aug. 22, 2026. Image courtesy of KWS.

Kenyan investigators arrest 4 people linked to 18 Amboseli elephant deaths

Lynet Otieno 26 Aug 2026
John Salehe. Photo courtesy of AWF

John Salehe helped shape Tanzania’s community conservation movement

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Aug 2026
Manganese nodules on the seafloor in the Clarion-Clipperton zone that's been considered for deep-sea mining. Image by ROV KIEL 6000, GEOMAR - Geomar Bilddatenbank via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Six African countries now support precautionary pause on deep-seabed mining

Victoria Schneider 13 Aug 2026
Ntoiye Kimorgo, a Maasai traditional healer and member of the Paran-affiliated Naretoi Group

Meet the Indigenous women restoring Kenya’s Mau Forest — and reshaping gender roles

Juliet Akoth Ojwang 11 Aug 2026
Thermal imagery captured by a drone used by a ranger unit in Amboseli. Image courtesy of Big Life Foundation.

Thermal drones deployed in Kenya’s Amboseli Park to tackle human-elephant conflict

Aimable Twahirwa 7 Aug 2026
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote. Photo courtesy of The Habari Network.

Environmental activists in Kenya concerned over billionaire’s planned oil refinery

Amina Chombo 5 Aug 2026
Fishing boats in Luanda Kotieno.

Kenyans protesting nuclear facility face terrorism investigation

Elodie Toto 4 Aug 2026

Kenya investigates mysterious deaths of 15 elephants in Amboseli

Lynet Otieno 29 Jul 2026
Baraka Moruri plays with an avocado tree at their home in Nairobi. Photo by Lawrine Moruri.

Kenyan teen leads charge on tree planting and climate awareness

Lynet Otieno 29 Jul 2026
Ravenea latisecta courtesy of Louis Aureglia.

Rare palm tree rediscovered in Madagascar after nearly 100 years

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Jul 2026

Conservationists got delayed access to court-ordered inspection of Nairobi National Park

Lynet Otieno 24 Jul 2026
Women and youth entrepreneurs in Kenya receiving training in clean cooking techniques. Image courtesy of UNDP Kenya.

Clean cooking expands at record pace in Africa, but lags behind population growth

Ini Ekott 20 Jul 2026
Through the Mazingira Women Initiative, Hamida has spent those years organizing around waste management, smart farming, land rights and women’s leadership.

Waste, women & environmental justice: Interview with Nubian activist Malasen Hamida

Ouma Elvine Tina 14 Jul 2026
A male Walia ibex in Ethiopia. Image courtesy of Paul Scholte.

Ethiopia’s iconic Walia ibex is critically endangered once again

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Jul 2026
Rothschild's giraffes at Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda. The Tilenga and Kingfisher fields lie close to the park. Image by Daryona via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Ugandan farmers sue TotalEnergies’ oil pipeline project in UK court

Elodie Toto 8 Jul 2026
Community members collect plastic waste during a beach cleanup organized by COMRED on Kenya’s coast. Image courtesy of COMRED.

‘The only possible transition is a just transition’: Interview with WEF’s Clemence Schmid

Jackson Ambole Okata 7 Jul 2026

As East Africa’s oceans change, coastal women build new livelihoods

Associated Press 6 Jul 2026

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