Giraffes Floated to Safety from Flooded Kenyan Island
NAIROBI, March 4 – Rescuers have succeeded in moving to safety another giraffe marooned in a flooded island on Lake Baringo in the Kenyan...
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...
Samburu Community to Open Elephant Sanctuary
Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy in Samburu County in northern Kenya is to open the first community owned and managed elephant orphanage in Africa. The Reteti...
Zooming in on Europe’s Zoos
Anthony Sheridan Zooming in on Europe's Zoos Sheridan's Guide to Europe's Zoos 2010-2025 2016, 466 pages, 15,5 x 23 cm,...
FANTASTIC MEMORIES NORTHERN KENYA
By Darcy Ogada We set out for northern Kenya in May when the area was awash in floodwaters, clearly the worst of times...
KWS Seeks Name For Nairobi National Park Born Baby Rhino
January 16- Kenya Wildlife Service(KWS) on Saturday afternoon announced the birth of a southern white Rhino in Nairobi National Park.
KWS broke the good news...
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...
Fanaka: First Baby Mountain Bongo Born in the Wild through Conservation Efforts
NANYUKI, Kenya, July 28 (Swara) - The first baby Mountain Bongo born in the wild through an 18-yearlong conservation programme has been captured on...
Paddock Diaries: Avian Disappearing Acts
By Brian Finch As yet another year ends, it is traditionally a time to review the events of the past 12 months,...
Why Environmental Conservation Matters
The Congo Rain Forest credits :Hear Congo By Pauline Kiamba The other day I overheard a group of some elderly people talk about how...
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I met the managing director of Ashnil Hotels many years ago, at the Argentine Embassy in...
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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...