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Each day, approximately 330,000 people pass through New York City’s Times Square intersection. Within this concrete jungle, tourists take selfies with street performers, billboards on towering buildings flash…

In southeast Africa, on the shores of the Indian Ocean, a jewel emerges from the ruins of war. Mozambique, once torn by civil strife, is rebuilding itself and has never looked more appealing to tourists. With a growing economy and natural wonders…

 Almost 200,000 lions roamed Africa one century ago, but recent studies show that the species is extinct in 26 countries across the continent and occupies a fraction of its historical rangeland. With lion populations plummeting by a staggering…

On January 30th, Nancy Thompson Handler contacted me through my previous post. Nancy conducted research here from 1980-1991. She wrote: Having spent five years doing research in N’dele between 1980-1991, I am so excited to see your blog. I cannot…

Fitzgerald, K. H., 2016. Reconciling nature conservation and agricultural production. Investing in sustainable mountain development: Opportunities, resources and benefits. Bern, Switzerland, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University…

AWF’s Species team works with national governments to assess the status of a species population, set a vision for the future of that population—including factors affecting its relationship with people and the land—and identify clear approaches to…

Fighting has broken out again in eastern DR Congo between rebels under General Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese Army. The rebels, who have been hiding out in Virunga National Park, have just taken the park headquarters. The park is home to about 200…

Early last week rebels entered Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing one wildlife officer and wounding up to four other individuals. Now, the rebels threaten a population of rare gorillas which live in the park.The…

Story by Prosper Uwingeli, a warden in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.When twin mountain gorillas were born in May 2004 in the lush Virunga mountains of Rwanda, observers were concerned about the health and safety of the twins as they grew older…

KENYA--A rare monkey species, the Tana River Red Colobus, today found only in Kenya, faces extinction due to encroachment on their habitat by human activities, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources…

The world’s largest terrestrial mammal is also famed for being notoriously water-dependent. African savannah elephants in temperate rangelands drink water almost daily and love a mudbath to stay cool. Yet, in northern Mali’s Gourma region and the…

The giant black sable, a magnificent antelope once feared extinct, has been rediscovered. In August 2002, a group of South African and American scientists set out on an expedition to find the giant sable. They recorded five separate sightings but…

VIRUNGA HEARTLAND, DRC--Mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park are getting renewed, if still limited, protection, with up to 70 rangers returning to their posts. The rangers were forced to flee in October 2008…

Rampaging wildlife. Poachers and, sometimes, rebel forces. Harsh climatic conditions. The job of the wildlife ranger may vary by day, but whether conducting ecological monitoring or arresting poachers, one factor remains the same: how difficult…