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Can camera traps diagnose the severity of a mystery giraffe skin disease?

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Oct 2019

$85 million initiative to scale up agroforestry in Africa announced

Erik Hoffner 24 Oct 2019
Female Cirrhilabrus wakanda.

Stunning new wrasse species underlines need to protect deeper-lying reefs

Nalisha Adams 5 Aug 2019

Newly described tree species from Tanzania is likely endangered

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2019

Changing energy use in rural Africa with power from solar, clean stoves…and women

David Klinges 2 May 2019
The savannah and grasslands of the Mara conservancies are home to a spectacular abundance of wildlife, lying at the northern end of the greater Serengeti ecosystem. Photo Credit: Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association

Human pressure on the Serengeti’s fringes threatens the wildlife within

Ignacio Amigo 12 Apr 2019

Combining artificial intelligence and citizen science to improve wildlife surveys

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 22 Mar 2019

In East Africa, spread of sickle bush drives conflict with wildlife

David Njagi 13 Mar 2019

Proximity to towns stretches giraffe home ranges

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2019

Why did Serengeti’s wild dogs disappear? Study challenges controversial hypothesis

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Mar 2019

For the famed chimps of Gombe, human encroachment takes a toll

Anthony Langat 28 Feb 2019

Research into chimp health benefits human, ecosystem well-being too

Giovanni Ortolani 22 Feb 2019

Chinese ‘Queen of Ivory’ sentenced to 15 years in jail for tusk trafficking

Mongabay.com 20 Feb 2019

Tanzania creates new reserve to protect rare colobus monkeys and trees

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Jan 2019

Top camera trapping stories of 2018

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 31 Dec 2018

10 ways conservation tech shifted into auto in 2018

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 28 Dec 2018

Savanna fires, a boon to grazers, cast rhinos into a ‘food desert’

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Nov 2018
Large-bodied animals like this knobbed hornbill play an important role in forest ecosystems. Studies show that the loss of seed dispersers can have long-term effects on the carbon storage of forests. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Forest report points to opportunity for recovery

Jennifer Rigby 31 Oct 2018

Absent for decades, zebras reintroduced to park in southern Tanzania

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2018

Illegal wildlife trade’s ‘dirty money’ targeted by big banks

James Fair 19 Oct 2018

‘Better and better’: Thermal cameras turn up the heat on poachers

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 9 Jul 2018

Species recognition shifts into auto with neural networks

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 15 Jun 2018

This tiny camera aims to catch poachers — before they kill

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Jun 2018

Tanzania’s Maasai losing ground to tourism in the name of conservation, investigation finds

John Cannon 11 May 2018

East Africa’s Albertine Rift needs protection now, scientists say

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2018

The ups and downs of marine protected areas: Examining the evidence

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jan 2018

Zanzibar’s red colobus monkeys much more numerous than thought

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2017

Tanzania used as case study for quickly and cheaply identifying wildlife corridors in need of conservation

Mike Gaworecki 8 Dec 2017

Jane Goodall interview: ‘The most important thing is sharing good news’

Mongabay.com 17 Nov 2017
Dani man in Indonesian papua. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Does community-based forest management work in the tropics?

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Nov 2017

Black rhinos in Tanzania now monitored via sensors implanted directly in their horns

Mike Gaworecki 24 Oct 2017
A golden tamarin monkey, a species known to use forest corridors. Photo courtesy of Stuart Pimm/SavingSpecies.

Identifying the world’s top biodiversity investment returns

Genevieve Belmaker 21 Aug 2017

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