In August 2025, Louis Nkembi, founder of conservation NGO ERuDeF, was abducted by militia fighters in Cameroon’s Lebialem Highlands. He was held for two weeks, hidden in a secret location inside a ...

In the warm, humid savannahs and forests of sub-Saharan Africa dwells a tribe of flower beetles in the genus Golianthus, ...

Eight years on, The Restoration Initiative is helping communities restore degraded landscapes – boosting livelihoods, ...

Saudi Arabia has banned poultry and egg imports from India and 39 other countries. The decision was part of precautionary ...

In this week’s health update from Africa, the Africa CDC and Zimbabwe are pushing back against Washington’s new healthcare aid approach, while ECOWAS, meeting in Cotonou, is accelerating the ...

Smithsonian researchers in Panama have begun to reintroduce native golden frogs to the wild in special enclosures ...

A new method that uses a simple air sample and the power of a dog’s nose makes it easy to check shipping containers for trafficked wildlife.

The leaves, leathery, paper-thin and earthy like fresh beet root, lend themselves well to eru stew, a staple of the Cameroonian diet. Traditional eru stew begins with simmering a pot full of fresh ...

After disappearing from the wild due to a deadly fungal disease, the Panamanian golden frog is being reintroduced through the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project (PARC). In a recent trial ...

As climate change remakes the mountains, the fight to save Appalachia's iconic hellbender salamander is becoming a fight for ...

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