3+ hour, 58+ min ago   (828+ words) By Bernard Tulito, IFAW Community Liaison Officer and Victor Murunga, IFAW Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, & Learning Manager In 2014, community leaders in the Olgulului Ololarashi Group Ranch (OOGR) landscape in Kenya’s Amboseli ecosystem saw a challenge: bright young people with the potential…...

10+ hour, 9+ min ago   (324+ words) (Hwange, Zimbabwe – 9 September 2026) – Six African savannah elephants have been fitted with GPS-enabled satellite collars in and around Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. The collaring of three female and three male elephants is part of an ongoing conservation programme that began in…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (748+ words) Inside the rescue and rehabilitation of orphaned elephants in Zambia Recently, I spent two weeks in Zambia exploring several of its national parks and seeing a wide range of wildlife, including one of my favorite animals—and one of the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (572+ words) one egg at a time Every sea turtle nest matters when the survival of a species is on the line. But, along Kenya’s coastline, the odds are stacked against every hatchling. That’s where local communities have stepped up. From the…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (473+ words) When people think about wildlife rehabilitation, they often picture rescues, veterinary care, and releases back into the wild. But for koalas, one of the biggest challenges can be much simpler: finding enough fresh leaf every day. Koalas are incredibly selective…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1474+ words) 16 ways to help protect endangered species As you read this, countless species are on the brink of extinction. According to the IUCN, in 2026, more than 48,600 species are at risk of being lost. We live in an era where global biodiversity…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (413+ words) By Murilo Pratezi, Programme Officer, IFAW When a wild animal is rescued from wildlife traffickers, every decision that follows matters. Between1999 and 2018, authorities seized more than 180,000 trafficked wild animals across 149 countries, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1014+ words) Part one of a three-part series exploring how IFAW works with communities across Yunnan Province, China, to help people and Asian elephants safely share a landscape. In this first story, we follow two community rangers whose work often prevents conflict…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (532+ words) Koalas are returning to restored habitat along Victoria’s Moorabool River Just a few years after more than 11,300 native trees and shrubs were planted along Victoria's Moorabool River, the landscape is already coming alive with a remarkable sound: bellowing koalas. IFAW…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (460+ words) Nearly 270 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus gave Africa's long-necked oddity its scientific name, Giraffa camelopardalis. The name combines the Arabic zarāfah, meaning "one who walks swiftly", with the Latin camelopardalis, which roughly translates as "a camel marked like a…...