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A resident lioness (Panthera leo), filmed from a specially adapted vehicle.

1,400 Days in the wild: Inside the intimate drama of Zambia’s predator kingdom

For 1,400 days, a wildlife film crew lived and worked in Zambia’s Nsefu sector, documenting the lives of lions, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs in one of Africa’s most socially…

African countries, including South Africa, have limited waste infrastructure and uneven water treatment systems, which exacerbates the problem of antibiotic resistance. Photo: Sustainable Seas Trust

Beyond the bin: Rethinking bioplastic waste for a circular future

Stellenbosch University has developed a process involving enzymes that can break down bioplastics

Catchment: The White uMfolozi River flows through the Babanango Game Reserve. Photos: Angus Burns/WWF

Ambitious project to rewild a piece of paradise in KwaZulu-Natal

A conservation project has brought together biodiversity, habitat protection, cultural heritage and community conservation

About 70% of the trade in live cheetahs is unfolding on social media, new research has found.

Social media fuelling illicit trade in cheetahs

About 65% of the web addresses analysed indicated that the users were also trading in other wildlife such as lion, tiger, leopard, reptiles, birds, antelope and primates This…

Port Sudan, Sudan | 2023 11 14-16 | Preparation work for the Lion Rescue mission in Port Sudan, Sudan.

Fifty wild animals rescued from Sudanese war zone

Local wildlife groups and an international organisation work together to save 50 animals trapped in a conflict area This content is restricted to registered users and…

Wildlife protection activist Adams Cassinga holds the skull of a buffalo, indicating the existence of this species in the past in the Bombo Lumene protected area near Kinshasa © Conserv Congo
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DRC stockpiles fuel illegal wildlife trade

Ivory and other wild contraband seized by authorities is being returned to the black market in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

We have seen a decline in vultures in South Africa over the past 30 years. (Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)

Balance needed between vulture conservation and traditional medicine

Dr Nomthandazo Manqele conducted a study on the role of vultures in traditional medicine and finds that healers share a desire to conserve the endangered, yet revered, species

Artificial: A satellite image of Africa and part of Europe at night. Light pollution is not yet a major problem in most of Africa but development will change this. (Planet Observer/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

Blinding wildlife: The dark side of artificial light at night

A new guide says cities should power down to reduce the harmful effects of light pollution on all life from insects and bats to birds and turtles

African White-backed Vultures poisoned in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal in November 2013.

Some provincial reserves with high conservation value poorly run – report

A shortage of critical skills, poor management and inadequate budgets impede the effective management of provincial nature reserves

Balancing act: Human-wildlife conflict occurs when populations expand and one management tool is hunting, which also raises income for locals in Zambia. Photo: Alexander Joe/Getty Images

British trophy hunting ban bill will harm African wildlife

UK politicians reject a management approach involving sustainably harvesting excessive populations so that carrying capacities of ecosystems are not exceeded

While the rejection of once-off sales might please the animal rights groups who claim to be protecting the elephants from poachers. Photo: Supplied

Which SADC president is ready to unlock wildlife’s trade value?

Instituting new, legal means of trading ivory would create opportunities to put poachers and illegal trade syndicates out of business

Game ranger  Tsakana Nxumalo.

I was looked after by a guardian angel, says game ranger

Game rangers, the custodians of the natural environment, who face danger from wildlife and poachers, use faith to inspire them

Purifying: Children play in the grounds of the Badi Masjid on the banks of the River Ganges during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Prophet speaks of not wasting or polluting water and the importance of sharing it. Photo: Sanjay Kanojia/Getty Images

Every Muslim must look after the Earth

There is a duty to show kindness, preserve life, care for the natural environment and not waste water

Some argue trophy hunting helps conservation and communities, others believe it is a ‘hobby for the rich that benefits the rich’ and is detrimental to both. (Photo by Martin Schutt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

The economics of trophy hunting

Some argue trophy hunting helps conservation and communities, others believe it is a ‘hobby for the rich that benefits the rich’ and is detrimental to both

On the hunt: Adri Kritzhoff, chief executive of the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa and professional hunter Tavi Fragoso at the Iwamanzi Game Reserve in Koster. Photo: Stefan Heunis/AFP

What is with man’s obsession with hunting animals?

Far from the blessed slaughter of an animal or hunting wild boar for sport, opinions on trophy hunting range from adventure and narcissism to genetics

Pangolins at the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital NPC which specialises in the treatment and rehabilitation of indigenous wildlife

​​Following the money to combat the illegal wildlife trade in Southern Africa

​​Following the money to combat the illegal wildlife trade in Southern Africa

(File photo by Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)

Court stops crossbreeding of wildlife like rhino, lion, giraffe

The listing of wild animals in the Animal Improvement Act would have had ‘catastrophic results’

Hunters of the seas: Orcas prey on marine life such as seals, sharks, fish and even sea birds. Photo: Francois Gohier/Getty Images

The story of South Africa’s shark slayers, Port and Starboard

The two male orcas who patrol the coast from Namibia to Gqeberha are back in the Cape’s sea

Drakensberg Boys Choir. Photo: Supplied
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Drakensberg Boys Choir helps vulture conservation through song

The Drakensberg Boys Choir collaborate with George Philippart of The Voice Germany to raise awareness on vulture conservation

The increase in demand for exotic wildlife as pets is evident throughout the world and, thus, is not a uniquely South African problem. Photo: Supplied

Keeping wild animals in captivity: Is it ever a good idea?

Demand has increased locally, but neither the legislation to ensure that both the animals and people are protected, nor the government’s ability to police it, has improved at the…