Wildlife Archives - Page 9 of 10

Poachers Kill Two Southern White Rhinos in Kenya

Wildlife John Nyaga - December 10, 2019

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...

Kenyan Conservationist Helps Rescue Poisoned Endangered Vultures

Wildlife John Nyaga - November 19, 2019

Nairobi, Nov 19 - A hyena, two Endangered Lappet-faced Vultures, and three Critically Endangered Rüppell’s Vultures died at the scene of an illegal poisoning...

Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle Sighting on Mt Kenya

Wildlife John Nyaga - November 14, 2019

By Nick Trent Mount Kenya, August 4, 2019 – The Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle, formerly classified as Spizaetus africanus, and more recently as Aquila africanus, is a small but robustly...

Kenyan Rangers Arrest Suspected Poachers

Wildlife John Nyaga - October 24, 2019

Nairobi, Oct 24 - The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) today reported that its rangers and the police have arrested two suspected poachers and seized...

Matt, the Celebrated Kenyan Bull Elephant Dies

Wildlife John Nyaga - October 24, 2019

Nairobi, Oct 24 – One of northern Kenya’s largest elephants has died of natural causes, Save the Elephants charity eported, noting that the tusker,...

Scientists Create Northern White Rhino Embryos in Bid to Save Subspecies

Wildlife John Nyaga - September 12, 2019

Nairobi, Sept 12 – Efforts to bring the northern white rhinoceros from the brink of extinction have moved a step further with the successful...

Eggs Harvested from Last Northern White Rhinos in Bid to Stop Extinction

Wildlife John Nyaga - August 23, 2019

Nairobi, Aug 23 – In an effort to save the northern white rhino from complete extinction, an international consortium of scientists and conservationists have...