An Africa-based conservation expert explains why trophy hunting has not delivered for wildlife in most parts of Africa, and that local communities benefit next to nothing from its continued practice
Poaching is changing focus by moving from the Kruger National Park to other provinces and reserves.
Poaching, habitat destruction and disease have reduced mountain gorilla numbers for decades, but how have these threats affected their genomes?
The world’s largest trader is closing down.
Conservation must be carried out by local communities to be most effective, new research shows.
Labour has pledged a new series of animal protection and welfare reforms, but needs to commit on resources.
It is often said that if something is repeated often enough, it becomes accepted as true. This has certainly been the case for the link between terrorism and the poaching of elephants for the ivory trade…
Ivory from illegally-poached elephants can easily be mistaken for antique.
Their flimsy chances rely on the eggs and sperm from the remaining three elderly animals, combined with frozen DNA from dead rhino.
Black rhino conservation focuses on areas with acacia trees – but they actually prefer to eat grass.
