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...
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...
Ear-notching Under Way to Identify Black Rhinos in Tsavo East
Nairobi, Jan 4 - A Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) team is carrying out an ear-notching exercise on black rhinoceros in Tsavo East National Park,...
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...
Kenya Launches National Wildlife Census
NAIROBI, May 8 – Kenya has launched a national wildlife census of both terrestrial and aquatic animals, the first-ever carried out in the country.
The...
Poachers Kill Two Southern White Rhinos in Kenya
Nairobi, Dec 10 – Poachers killed two southern male white rhinos in a wildlife sanctuary in northern Kenya last week, the conservancy said.
The privately-owned...
Eggs Harvested from Last Northern White Rhinos in Bid to Stop Extinction
Nairobi, Aug 23 – In an effort to save the northern white rhino from complete extinction, an international consortium of scientists and conservationists have...
Kenyan Conservationist Munir Virani to Head UAE’s Raptor Conservation Fund
Nairobi, Sept 30 – The Abu Dhabi-based Mohamed Bin Zayed Raptor Conservation Fund has appointed renowned Kenyan birds of prey conservationist Munir Virani as...
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...
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...
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