Restoring Nature along a Main Road in Nairobi
From bare earth to grass and trees, and then the frogs showed up
Story and photos by Cathy Watson
Nairobi’s new Waiyaki Way-Red Hill Link Road...
Polishing off rhinos – why Chinese revere the horn
By Felix Patton China was home to the gigantic one-horned rhinoceros Elasmotherium which survived in prehistoric times becoming extinct only about 10,000 years ago....
KARURA FOREST – MORE THAN JUST A PLEASANT WALK IN THE WOODS
By Harvey Croze Half past four in the morning. Normally the quietest time of day in suburban Nairobi. And there it is...
Call to Save Kenya’s Ondiri Swamp and its Quaking Bog
By Cathy Watson
A remarkable ‘quaking bog’ and critical source of water for the Kenyan capital is under severe threat, according to conservationists who attended...
Forest Firsts, Facts and Fascinations
The Lirhanda Hill in Kakamega Forest has its own microclimate, which differs from that of the surrounding woodland, towering as it does above the...
Lest We Forget: Massacre of Elephants
By Jonathan and Angela Scott People have always been smitten by the beauty of elephant ivory as I discovered for myself while traveling...
List of Kakamega Forest Bird Species in Decline
Crested Guineafowl. Last reported August 2001. Great Blue Turaco. Numbers may be declining post-2007, with maybe < 6 birds remaining. Black-billed Turaco. Last...
Paddock Diaries – Butterfly bonanza in the paddock
By Brian Finch We do not have the abundance of species or individuals every year, far from it. There are several factors that lead...
Mama Simba – Giving Women a Voice in Conservation
By Heather Gurd and Shivani Bhalla The African lion is a powerful flagship species synonymous with the continent’s rangelands, but the number of...
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