Death of a Legend: Dian Fossey’s ‘Little Darling’ Gorilla Passes On

By Curtis Abraham Kampala, June 7 - Poppy, the last living gorilla featured by famed American primatologist Dian Fossey in her bestselling book, “Gorillas in...

Farming in Amboseli Wildlife Area Thwarted…

Story and Photos by Kang-Chun Cheng  In August 2020, an enterprise called KiliAvo Fresh Ltd began establishing an avocado farm on its 72-hectare (180 acres)...

Ray of Hope As Elephant Makes Historic 78km Trek

Koya, 23, walked with her family from Samburu to Marsabit county, experts say it suggests freedom for the animals In Summary • Experts believe that Koya’s...

Satellite Tracking Helps Keep Elephants Safe from Poachers — and Away from Crops

On 10 September, on a beautiful sunny day in Amboseli National Park, I was present when Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) vets successfully attached a...

CITES Conference Ends with a Number of New Resolutions

The 17th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) that ended...

IUCN Splits Giraffes into Four Species in Conservation Shake-Up

WINDHOEK, Namibia, Aug 21 (Swara) – Giraffes, long thought to be a single species, have been formally recognised as four genetically distinct...

Kenya’s Single Use Plastic Ban in Protected Areas Takes Effect

Nairobi, June 5 - Kenya is marking the 2020 World Environment Day by banning single-use plastic in protected natural areas. Plastic pollution is one of...

Rafiki, Uganda’s Charismatic Mountain Gorilla Killed

By Curtis Abraham Kampala, June 16 - The global lockdown to stem the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to have indirectly led to the...

Drought kills Wildlife in Maasai Mara

  The drought that has continued ravaging various parts of Kenya now threatens wildlife in the world-famous Maasai Mara National Reserve. Crocodiles and hippos...

Six Indigenous Flowering Trees for Vibrant Gardens

Story and photos by Cathy Watson Indigenous trees are a must if you want a resilient garden that survives...

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

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

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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...