KWS, FoNNaP and Youth Unite to Remove Invasive Weed from Nairobi National Park
By Dr. Elizabeth Migongo-Bake, Chair, FoNNAP’s Habitat & Wildlife Committee
Nairobi, July 14 – The Nairobi National Park and the neighouring private wildlife sanctuaries...
Human-Wildlife Conflict a Main Threat to Survival of Species – Report
Nairobi, July 9 - Conflict between people and animals, from China’s famed wandering elephants raiding farms for food and water to wolves preying on...
New Study Finds Elephants Show Risk-Avoidance Behaviour
Nairobi, June 30 - Elephants’ heavy footsteps and their rumbling low-frequency calls are so powerful that they can create seismic waves -- vibrations that...
Marsabit Rock Agama: Another New Lizard Species in Kenya
By Beryl A. Bwong
NAIROBI, June 2 - Rock Agamas are some of the most conspicuous lizards. They occur locally in large numbers and are...
Wildlife Lovers Choose a New Big 5 in Photography
NAIROBI, May 24 – The elephant, polar bear, gorilla, tiger, and lion are the 2021 winners of the New Big 5 project, wildlife, conservation,...
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...
Suspected Poacher Arrested with Elephant Tusk in Tsavo West
Nairobi, April 29 – A Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) security team has arrested a suspected poacher in possession of an elephant tusk in the...
Study Shows Decline in Kenya’s Augur Buzzard Raptor Population
Nairobi, April 27 - The population of Augur Buzzard, a bird of prey common to eastern and southwestern Africa, has been declining in Kenya...
Kenyan Company Loses Bid to Farm in Wildlife Dispersal Area
Nairobi, April 27 – An agribusiness firm in Kenyan has failed in its attempt to have a court revoke an official order barring it...
New Embryos Created in another Step in Northern White Rhino Rescue Bid
NAIROBI, April 22 - The international consortium of scientists and conservationists working to prevent the extinction of the northern white rhino through advanced assisted...
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