Pangolins in the dock: Is the mammal really guilty as charged?

By Dorcas Wangira,

The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal. No one truly knows its conservation status in Kenya. When COVID-19 broke out in early 2020, some...

coronavirus , pangolin

Senior cop from Rift Valley HQ arrested for ivory possession

By Citizen Reporter,

A senior cop from the Rift Valley Regional Police headquarters is among three suspects who were arrested for ivory possession. Senior Sergeant Char...

Elephant Tusks , Ivory

Kenyan citizen denies trafficking ivory, rhino horns at U.S. court a day after extradition

By Ian Omondi,

Mansur Mohamed Surur, a Kenyan citizen, has denied trafficking tons of ivory and rhino horns at a U.S court and was detained without bail a day after ...

extradition , Mansur Mohamed Surur , U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss , U.S. Court

Two men jailed for 5 years for being in possession of elephant tusks

By Nelson Mboco,

Two men were sentenced to five years imprisonment or a fine of Ksh. 1million each for being in possession of elephant tusks. Also Read: First Lady ...

Elephant Tusks

Scientists stunned to discover two dwarf giraffes in Uganda, Namibia

By Reuters,

Being tall is the giraffe’s competitive advantage, giving it the pick of leaves from the tallest trees, so scientists were stunned to find two dwarf...

giraffe , Skeletal dysplasia

Mawingu Mountain Bongo Sanctuary launched at Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy

By Citizen Reporter,

The Mawingu Mountain Bongo Sanctuary, an 800 acre indigenous forest area on the slopes of Mount Kenya, has been launched. The Mount Kenya Wildlife ...

Mawingu Mountain Bongo Sanctuary

Namibia is auctioning 170 wild elephants amid drought and rising population

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Namibia has put 170 "high value" wild elephants up for sale due to drought and an increase in elephant numbers, the southern African country's environ...

Elephants , Namibia

The Lionesses: Elite all-female ranger unit patrols in Amboseli

By Reuters,

Purity Amleset Lakara has spent the year capturing armed poachers, running from an aggressive buffalo, and relaxing around a campfire reading “A Day...

all-female ranger unit , Amboseli , Olgulului conservancy

Lions need to be protected to avert extinction, agency warns

By Citizen Reporter,

The world is marking World Lions Day on Monday but World Animal Protection warns that the King of the Jungle may soon be extinct if urgent measures ar...

World Animal Protection , World Lions Day

‘No tourist, no dollar’: Pandemic decimates livelihoods at Maasai Mara

By Reuters,

For more than 50 years, Loiman Letolo, 70, has peddled her colourful beaded necklaces and bracelets to safari-goers at the entrance gates to Kenya’s...

coronavirus , Maasai , Maasai Mara

DIAZ: Wildlife still need attention to stop mass die-off amidst COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

The world is keen on containing the COVID-19 pandemic and reopening economies but another disaster is slowing lurking as wildlife face a great danger ...

Botswana , diaz , Elephants , Wildlife

More than 360 elephants in Botswana die from mysterious causes

By CNN,

More than 360 elephants in Botswana have died in mysterious causes in the past three months, according to local conservationists. Also Read: Wildli...

Botswana , Elephants

The silent extinction: Less than 100,000 giraffes left in the wild

By Moses Ngugi,

As the World celebrated World Giraffe Day on June 21, 2020, there remains growing concern over the endangered status of the world's tallest animal. ...

giraffe meat , somali girafe , white giraffe

DIAZ: A silver lining amidst COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

The better part of Sunday April 12 saw the majority of social media platforms remain awash with doctored images showing Mt. Kenya as supposedly seen f...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , diaz , kilimanjaro

OPINION: This should be the new normal when protecting our natural capital

By Guest Writer,

By Major (Rtd) Steve Leakono Sun Tzu, one of the greatest military strategists and a renowned philosopher said that the greatest victory is that wh...

WATO: What next where livelihoods almost entirely depend on biodiversity?

By Guest Writer,

Over 190 countries adopted the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1992 as a commitment to reverse the pervasive biodiversity loss globally. Unde...

Biodiversity , International Day for Biodiversity

Black rhino, Akinyi, gives birth to 4th calf at Meru National Park

By Citizen Reporter,

A black rhino known as Akinyi has given birth at the Meru National Park in Kenya. Tourism and Wildlife CS Najib Balala said this is the black rhino...

Rhino

Botswana kills five suspected poachers in effort to save Rhinos

By VOA,

Botswana has seen an unprecedented rise in rhinoceros poaching in the last 12 months. The government reports nearly 50 of the animals have been kil...

botswana executes poachers , Botswana poaching

Rare white Kenyan giraffe, calf killed by poachers

By Tonny Ndungu,

A rare white giraffe that had gripped headlines in 2017 has been killed at the Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy in Garissa County, reports say. ...

rare white giraffe

KWS marks World Wildlife Day, decry Roan antelope as most endangered

By Agencies,

As the world marked the Word Wildlife Day on Tuesday, it has now emerged that the Roan antelope is now the most endangered species with only 12 of the...

Roan antelope , Word Wildlife Day