Baboon Bonds - New Study Reveals That Friendships Make Up for a Bad Start in Life [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Childhoods can predict a great deal about how adult lives might play out. For instance, research has shown that people whose childhoods involve poverty, abuse and neglect have… Read more »
Chinese National Bin Liu Set to Enter Defence in Wildlife Crime Case
Nyasa Times
Chinese national, Bin Liu, is finally expected to begin defending himself before the Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate Court on Friday, 19th May 2023, almost a year after the… Read more »
Meet Cameroon's Undercover Conservationists [analysis]
African Arguments
When the Anglophone war broke out, state rangers left, militias set up camp in forests, and thousands sought refuge in areas of critical biodiversity. Read more »
Govt Seeks 'Technicalities' to Avoid Fallout if Putin Visits - South African News Briefs - May 18, 2023
allAfrica
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Suspect Arrested for Dealing in Endangered Pangolin [press release]
SAPS
Collaborative efforts to curb the scourge of wildlife trafficking between the Hawks' Serious Organised Crime Investigation, CIC National Security, D-Dass and Hoedspruit Farmawatch… Read more »
Conservationists Decry Killing of Lions in Kenya That Attacked Livestock
VOA
Wildlife conservationists in Kenya said the killing of 10 lions in the past week is reversing gains made in efforts to protect the big cats' dwindling population. Read more »
Reserve Bank Launches New Banknotes and Coins - South African News Briefs - May 4, 2023
allAfrica
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KwaZulu-Natal on High Alert for Potential Floods - South African News Briefs - May 9, 2023
allAfrica
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Wetlands Are Critical to Keeping Migrating Birds Soaring
Independent (Kampala)
For centuries, the phenomenon of bird migration has awed humanity. So much so, that the 4th Century BC Greek philosopher Aristotle, noting that the types of birds around him… Read more »
Thriving in the Face of Adversity - Resilient Gorillas Reveal Clues About Overcoming Childhood Misfortune [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
In 1974, an infant mountain gorilla was born in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Researchers named him Titus. As is typical for young gorillas in the wild, Titus spent the first… Read more »
World Migratory Bird Day 2023 Celebrated [press release]
Govt of SA
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment today joins countries across the world in celebrating World Migratory Bird Day 2023 on 13 May 2023. Read more »
Threats to Biodiversity - Biodiversity Loss & Climate Change #AfricaClimateCrisis [press release]
Greenpeace
The richness of species diversity and the health of ecosystems has been declining at a fast rate in recent decades. This biodiversity loss in South Africa is being driven by many… Read more »
Zambezi Police Searching for Suspected Hippo Poachers At Kalimbeza
Namibian
The Zambezi regional police need the public's assistance to arrest the suspects behind the killing of a hippopotamus, valued at N$100 000. Read more »
Endemic Species - Drastic Decline of Seychelles White-Eye Bird On Mahe Island
Seychelles News Agency
Seychelles' Ministry for Environment is in the process of reviewing all its action plans to better conserve and protect endangered species, especially those under threat of… Read more »
Bone-Sharing and 'Separate Rooms' Help Hyenas, Porcupines, Warthogs Use Same Den
RFI
On paper they're the unlikeliest of bedfellows. Spotted hyenas are known to jump at the chance to crunch a porcupine or warthog, both herbivores who don't stand a chance against… Read more »