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Nairobi, July 2 - Zebras, specifically odours found in their skin, may provide leads to boost the management of the deadly and devastating African...
The Standard Gauge Railway: Are We Doing it Right?
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UN Report on Climate Change Spells Out Humanity’s Damage to the Planet
Nairobi, Aug 10 – The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a group of scientists whose findings are endorsed by the world's...
Report Examines Wildlife Movements in Relation to SGR, New Roads in Tsavo
A new joint report by Save the Elephants and Kenya Wildlife Service is out summarizing preliminary findings of a long-term study on...
Water Hyacinth Invades Lake Baringo
By Rupi Mangat Esther Kajos describes the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) using body language -- her lithe torso creating a wave-like action. “The...
Study Warns Fencing Could Trigger Collapse of Greater Mara Ecosystem
With land privatization and fencing of thousands of hectares of communal grazing areas, East Africa is struggling with one of the most radical...
From 100 years in a jar, the blind snake leaps back to claim place...
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Africa’s newest bee discovery – Samba Turkana
By Dino J. Martins One of the most wonderful things about being an entomologist in East Africa is that there is so...
Bees Defend Farmers Near Kenya’s Tsavo Park Against Crop Raiding Elephants
The tiny bee has become a defender of farmers living next to Tsavo East National Park in Kenya against the marauding elephants that devour...
New Study Shows World has More than 60,000 Tree Species
The number of tree species currently known to science is 60,065, representing 20 percent of all angiosperm and gymnosperm plant species, according to...
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