Wildlife trafficking causes population declines and results in immense suffering whenever live animals are involved. Combatting this trade is difficult ... EAGLE and its subsidiaries are active in ...
Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence and ...
As with any wildlife you encounter ... and east Africa but is sometimes found as far as southern Africa and Asia. They live in enormous colonies of over 20 million ants! Although the driver ...
South Africa plays a significant role in the global wildlife trade. It is a source and destination for live animals and animal parts. It is the largest exporter of species listed in the Convention ...
African savanna elephants, Loxodonta africana africana, are the largest land animals. They can grow to be 10-13 feet tall, 19-24 feet long, and weigh as much as 15,000 pounds. In the wild, they live ...
For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Tourists in their car watching elephants in the savanna in Etosha National Park, wildlife ...
They live in herds of 50-500 animals in habitats ranging from wetlands to forests to open plains across sub-Saharan Africa. The most essential factor is proximity to water. In the wild ...
If you’ve ever dreamed of visiting the Namib Desert, this live cam is the next best thing. Nestled in the heart of the Gondwana Namib Park, this waterhole is a lifeline for wildlife in one of ...
A wildlife veterinarian in South Africa uses a chainsaw to dehorn a rhino. Since their horns grow back, this procedure has to be repeated every couple years. Photo by Foto24 / Getty Images Dehorning ...
"If we are able to train dogs to track people in this country, then why can we not train dogs to help protect our wildlife all across Africa?" Dogs4Wildlife, based in Carmarthen, is a non-profit ...
Through his nonprofit organization, Wild Response, he has trained more than 1,500 wildlife rangers across Africa and Asia to combat poaching and protect endangered species. For Garrad, there is a ...