China Raises Protection For Pangolins By Removing Scales From Medicine List

The latest version of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia for 2020 does not include pangolins, which means the mammals will no longer be used in traditional...

Wilding by Isabella Tree (Book Review)

Wilding is about the return of nature to a failing British farm and how gradually the land healed, and the farm began to flourish...

African Ranger Awards: Feting Wardens while Enabling Traffickers?

By Karl Ammann When researching the illegal wildlife trade, very often some tentacles lead back to South Africa.  Not only when it comes to rhino...

Kenya’s Energy Regulator Allows Coal-Fueled Electricity Plant in Lamu

Lamu town  Kenya’s Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the construction of the country’s first coal-fueled power plant near the Indian Ocean coastal town...

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Pioneering Elephant Conservationist Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton Dies at 83 NAIROBI, December 10, 2025 (Swara) – Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton, the...

Elephants Learn to Ignore Drones, Opening New Doors for Research

NAIROBI, Nov 28 (Swara) – Elephants in Kenya have demonstrated an ability to adapt to and ignore surveillance drones, a discovery researchers...

COP30 Ends with Major Finance Commitments but No Fossil-Fuel Phaseout Deal

Belém, Brazil, Nov 24 (Swara) - COP30 closed in the Brazilian city of Belém on Saturday after marathon overnight talks, with UN...

KWS Rescues Giraffes and Zebras Stranded by Rising Lake Naivasha

Nairobi, Nov 21 (Swara) - Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and its partners have mounted an emergency wildlife rescue and translocation operation to...

Return to the Wild: Rediscovering Ashnil Mara’s Timeless Allure

By Santiago Legarre I met the managing director of Ashnil Hotels many years ago, at the Argentine Embassy in...

Soroi Samburu Lodge: Reviving a Classic on the Banks of the Ewaso Nyiro

By Santiago Legarre At the inception of the 20th century, the renowned photographers Martin and Osa Johnson travelled to...

World-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall dies at 91

Nairobi, Oct 2 (Swara) – Dr Jane Goodall, the pioneering British primatologist whose 65-year study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania transformed the...