3+ hour, 2+ min ago   (696+ words) From contraception to culling, no single tool offers a risk-free fix for elephant management. True conservation requires clear objectives, site-specific evidence, and understanding the root causes of conflict. South Africans love a good elephant debate almost as much as we…...

2+ hour, 46+ min ago   (1108+ words) A Western Cape high court order has temporarily restricted the arsenal that may be used to manage Betty’s Bay’s baboons. It’s not a final judgment, but for animal rights group the EMS Foundation it is an important opening towards a…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (603+ words) Daily Maverick Most conservation losses do not begin with bulldozers, but with indifference – a landscape dismissed as ‘just scrub’, a patch of land assumed to have little value, a decision postponed until the opportunity to protect it has disappeared. As…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (819+ words) It’s now recognised as one of the world’s greatest animal migration miracles. Yet the more than six million antelope and other wildlife species that form part of the Great Nile Migration remain under serious threat – despite the weekend listing of…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (386+ words) Behind Kruger National Park’s stark elephant mortality figures lies a complex reality of thriving populations, natural life cycles, and the difficult balance between conservation and human safety. Elephants hold a special place in many people’s hearts. So, when it’s reported…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (731+ words) In local nature documentary Bucket: The Lion Cub, wildlife filmmaker and safari expert Brent Leo-Smith navigates the delicate balance of conservation and human empathy in the wild. In nature documentaries, the human species tends to remain behind the camera, casting…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1323+ words) Villagers in Zimbabwe have discovered that vuvuzelas can ward off lions, significantly reducing livestock losses and demonstrating local ingenuity in wildlife conservation. Imagine villagers living near the boundary of Hwange National Park, blowing vuvuzelas into the pitch-black night to drive…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1020+ words) A desert elephant’s 600km journey reveals why conservationists and governments need to rethink the use of fences. A single elephant’s journey highlights a central tension in African conservation today: the clash between roaming wildlife and fenced landscapes. A collared desert elephant…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (972+ words) Dr Michael “Gus” Mills, one of Africa’s most respected carnivore scientists and one of the great field naturalists of his generation, died on 12 July after suffering from cancer. His death removes from the continent a rare combination of rigorous scientist,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (730+ words) The annoying pre-dawn noise of a feathered fiend has turned into the cheerful music of a friend who keeps me company. As with most good stories, even this one os­­tensibly about birds, we start with a dog. Not just…...