Conservatory Order Extended to Protect Aberdare National Park and Forest
Nairobi, April 30 (Swara) - The Environment and Land Court in Nyeri has extended the conservatory order against the Ihithe-Ndunyu Njeru road...
Tsavo’s Iconic Tusker, Il Talal, Dies
NAIROBI, April 13 – One of Kenya’s most iconic elephants, Il Talal, the colossus of Tsavo National Park died this week after apparent colon...
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...
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...
Study Reveals Elephants Use Names to Address Each Other
Nairobi, June 11, 2024 — A groundbreaking study, a collaborative effort between researchers from Save the Elephants, Colorado State University, and ElephantVoices,...
A Zonkey! Rare Zebra-Donkey Hybrid Born In Kenya
A rare zedonk, born to a zebra mother and a donkey father, has been identified amid the wildlife of the Chyulu National Park in...
Research Shows Elephants Key to Savannah Management
Nairobi, April 7 - As wild herbivores are increasingly displaced by cattle in the African savannah, a new research paper has shown that the...
Poaching May Have Led to Evolution of Tuskless African Elephants – study
NAIROBI, Oct 23 (Swara) - African elephants are evolving towards becoming tuskless in one of the regions where they were heavily poached for ivory...
Conservationists Organise Workshop to Combat Wildlife Poisoning in Kenya
image courtesy of National Geographic News A consortium of concerned conservation bodies in Kenya has organised a workshop to train participants on how...
Kenya to push for international ban on ivory trade
Kenya will push for a total ban on global ivory trade during the Conference of the Parties (CoP17) meeting in South Africa this September....
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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
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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
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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...