Monday, September 28, 2026

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...

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...

Tsavo East National Park On Fire

A section of Tsavo East National Park caught fire last evening destroying hundreds of hectares of natural vegetation and threatening wildlife in the country's...

Ray of Hope As Elephant Makes Historic 78km Trek

Koya, 23, walked with her family from Samburu to Marsabit county, experts say it suggests freedom for the animals In Summary • Experts believe that Koya’s...

Coronavirus Impact on the Environment [Infographic]

Nairobi, April 28 – As the coronavirus pandemic cuts a deadly swathe across the world, killing hundreds of thousands of people and wreaking havoc...

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...

Coronavirus: Kuki Gallmann’s Thoughts on How to Restore Sanity

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