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

VIDEO: Multimedia University students chased by baboons

By Girlie Kendi,

Multimedia University students were a scared lot this week after a group of baboons chased them off their basketball pitch. A video doing rounds on...

Baboons , Multimedia University

Fossils of the smallest monkey-species discovered in Kenya

By Muia Joseph,

Fossils of the smallest monkey species known as Nanopithecus browni that existed about 4.2 million years ago have been found in Turkana. In a state...

monkey species , Nanopithecus fossils , National Museums of Kenya

Gunmen kill ranger in Congo’s Virunga park after re-opening

By Reuters,

Militiamen have killed a ranger in Congo’s Virunga National Park, the park said on Friday, less than a month since it reopened after being shut down...

virunga

Tanzanian ‘beast’ sheds light on gigantic dinosaur group

By Reuters,

A relatively complete skeleton of a long-necked, long-tailed plant-eater excavated from a rocky cliff above a Tanzanian river is providing insight int...

Dinosaur , Tanzania

Mountain gorilla off ‘critically endangered’ list in rare recovery

By Reuters,

Central African mountain gorilla came off the ‘critically endangered’ species list on Thursday following a rare and dramatic recovery in numbers o...

Bwindi national park , International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) , Virunga Massif

A look inside the Queen’s home

By CNN,

Historic residences don't get much more regal than Buckingham Palace in London. Originally owned by the Duke of Buckingham, Buckingham House (as i...

Buckingham Palace in London. , Buckingham Palace's 775 rooms , Inside the Queen's home , King George III , Meghan Markle. , Price Harry , Queen Charlotte , queen elizabeth ii , Queen Victoria

In Nicaragua, a fight to save endangered tapirs

By AFP,

Thirteen tapirs lounge in the bushes of Ticuantepe Zoo, in eastern Nicaragua, their bellies plump with leaves and fruit -- blissfully unaware of the p...

Endangered species , LARGEST MAMMALS IN LAND , Nicaragua , TAPIRS

Australian zoo celebrates birth of one of world’s rarest monkeys

By Reuters,

Peeping out from her mother's arms, Embe, a Francois' Langur, makes her debut at Sydney's Taronga Zoo where she was born on July 21, in what conservat...

WANJURAH: Strange ‘girl talk’ ruins my almost Easter date

By Jeeh Wanjura,

At over six inches, her high heels would have left her towering enough to grab the attention even in a rarefied cocktail environment. But of all ot...

Easter , Jeeh Wanjurah

Mosquitoes’ rapid spread poses threat beyond Zika

By Agencies,

As the world focuses on Zika's rapid advance in the Americas, experts warn the virus that originated in Africa is just one of a growing number of co...

PHOTOS: Why you should visit the Nairobi National Park

By Lisa Kamau,

Saturday comes and goes, and another 52 will come and go before Ms Kamau (read me) sets eyes on a lion, giraffe or a singing bird. Nairobians will ...

africa , kenya , nairobi national park , tourism , travel , Wildlife