Zebra Odour May Repel Tsetse Flies and Boost Trypanosomiasis Control
Nairobi, July 2 - Zebras, specifically odours found in their skin, may provide leads to boost the management of the deadly and devastating African...
‘Toxic blooms’ and climate change to blame for deaths of 300 elephants, say Botswana...
Nairobi, September 24 - Toxins in water produced by cyanobacteria killed more than 300 elephants in Botswana this year, officials said on Monday, announcing...
China Bans Wildlife Trade Due To Corona virus Outbreak
Jan 27th- The outbreak of a new virus linked to a wildlife market in central China has prompted a temporary nationwide ban on selling...
What does COVID-19 have to do with nature? These 5 articles explain
Editor’s note: The COVID-19 pandemic has spread around the world at lightning speed, infecting more than 1,800,000 people and killing more than 113,000 people to...
A Review of the Nairobi National Park Plan 2020-2030
Restoration calls for good science to guide management
By David Western
Nairobi, July 22 - Nairobi National Park (NNP) was gazetted as Kenya’s first park in...
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...
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...
Rare Giant Pangolin Found in Uganda
By Curtis Abraham
Kampala, Feb 20 - As part of its ongoing hidden camera-trap project in Uganda, conservationists working with the United Kingdom’s Chester Zoo’s...
Matt, the Celebrated Kenyan Bull Elephant Dies
Nairobi, Oct 24 – One of northern Kenya’s largest elephants has died of natural causes, Save the Elephants charity eported, noting that the tusker,...
EAWLS Condemns Attempt to Weaken Kenya’s Forest Conservation Law
NAIROBI, Jan 17 (Swara) – The East African Wild Life Society today voiced grave concern over an attempt by the rules committee of the...
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Monsoon, the Elephant Matriarch of Kenya’s North Dies
Nairobi, Sept 29 (Swara) - A wild African female elephant who survived being shot by poachers five times and delighted scientists by giving birth...
African Biodiversity Alliance (ACBA) Strategy Launched
NAIROBI, Aug 14 (Swara) - Formed in February 2020, the African CSO Biodiversity Alliance (ACBA) provides a platform for African civil society organisations (CSOs)...
Toolbox to Reduce Conflict between Elephants and People Launched
NAIROBI, Aug 12 (Swara) - Save the Elephants (STE), the Kenyan-based research and conservation organisation, has developed a unique "how to" manual, the Human-Elephant...
Mt Kenya National Park Showcased in Photo Exhibition
NAIROBI, Aug 4 (Swara) – Kenya’s Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has launched a month-long photo exhibition at the headquarters of the National Museums...
Kenyatta Dam, an Endangered Wetland with Endangered Birds
By John Wanyoike
I am a passionate birder from Kuresoi in Kenya’s Nakuru County. One morning in February 2022, I went on a birding excursion...
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...
Amboseli from Up in the Air
By Santiago Legarre
An invitation from Ol Tukai Lodge made my latest visit to Amboseli National Park possible. In a forthcoming contribution to the October...