Hundreds Of Elephants Dead In Mysterious Mass Die-off

Nairobi, July 2 - Hundreds of elephants have died mysteriously in Botswana's famed Okavango Delta, according to an official who ruled out poaching as...

COVID-19: Persecution of Bats Unjustified

By Curtis Abraham   Kampala, June 29 - Various species of bats, key environmental service providers, are being persecuted and exterminated in parts of the world...

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...

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...

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...

Adopt an Acre: Help Maasai Communities Tide over Covid-19 Crisis

With the closing down of safari tourism for the immediate future as a result of the global Coronavirus Pandemic, there is growing concern about...

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...

Poachers Kill Two Rare White Giraffes in Kenya

Nairobi, March 10 - Poachers have killed two rare white giraffes - a female and its calf - at the Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy...

Grauer’s Gorilla Population in DR Congo Higher than Previously Thought

By Curtis Abraham Kampala, Feb 20 - The Grauer’s gorilla, a lowland subspecies of the Eastern gorilla group that also includes Mountain gorillas, have suffered...

Kenyan Court Declines to Stop Staging of Music Festival in National Park

Nairobi, Feb 12 - A Kenyan court has declined to issue orders to stop the staging of a two-day music festival in the country’s...

Stay connected

3,784LikesLike
2,429FollowersFollow

Latest Articles

Kenya Unveils Blue Economy Strategy Targeting KSh 350 Billion in Revenue

Nairobi, Feb 27 (Swara) -  Kenya on Thursday officially launched its National Blue Economy Strategy 2025–2030, setting out an ambitious plan to...

Pioneering Elephant Conservationist Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton Dies at 83 NAIROBI, December 10, 2025 (Swara) – Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton, the...

Elephants Learn to Ignore Drones, Opening New Doors for Research

NAIROBI, Nov 28 (Swara) – Elephants in Kenya have demonstrated an ability to adapt to and ignore surveillance drones, a discovery researchers...

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

Belém, Brazil, Nov 24 (Swara) - COP30 closed in the Brazilian city of Belém on Saturday after marathon overnight talks, with UN...

KWS Rescues Giraffes and Zebras Stranded by Rising Lake Naivasha

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

Return to the Wild: Rediscovering Ashnil Mara’s Timeless Allure

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...