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A team of scientists recently discovered a new species of the giant elephant shrew in the remote mountains of Tanzania. The grey-faced elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon udzungwensis) is the largest elephant shrew known to science so far (weighing in at…

AWF is establishing a Heartlands Science Unit to support its African Heartlands conservation program.The science unit will combine expertise currently available in Africa and in Washington, D.C., to articulate the scientific principles upon which…

To hear Craig Sholley tell it, AWF never intended to build schools. Supporting capacity building and opportunities for conservation education, sure. But physically building a school? “At the time, we couldn’t visualize a…

Landscapes that host lions provide more ecosystem services than those that do not, a new report released to mark this year’s World Lion Day has found.The report, dubbed The New Lion Economy, explores the contribution of lions to African economies…

On August 26, at Basankusu, (province of Equateur), 60 Eco-Guard trainees graduated from the Congolese Institute for Conservation (ICCN), the DR Congo's wildlife and parks authority. These newly graduated Eco-Guards will be in charge of managing and…

Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV), WildAid, and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) have released a striking new public service announcement (PSA) illustrating the horrific consequences of the increasing demand for illegal rhino horn…

Legislation Establishing Fundraising Stamp Heads to White HouseWASHINGTON, DC--It's official! The Multinational Species Conservation Funds (MSCF) Semipostal Stamp Act, HR 1454, is on its way to President Obama for signing. The new legislation, which…

Addis Ababa – August 18, 2018 - The Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority (EWCA), the German Development Cooperation financed through German Development Bank KfW and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) have launched a four-year project to…

African Wildlife Foundation and Gecko Publishing have launched a new partnership where the UK-based magazine publishing company will produce a customized version of each issue of its Travel Africa magazine to be supplied to 3,000 of AWF’s…

Today the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) celebrates a conservation win for mountain gorillas after a new census revealed that their total population has surpassed 1,000, up from the previous global number of 880 in 2011. The 1000-plus figure…

Constant Threats to Critically Endangered Species Means Ongoing Transboundary Efforts to Ensure Accurate Population Count RUHIJA, Uganda, September 7, 2011 -- A census of the critically endangered mountain gorilla has just begun in…

A few decades back from Carl Sagan … “Memories of events late in the first year of life are not extremely rare, and there are possible examples of even earlier recollections. At age three, my son Nicholas was asked for…

SAN DIEGO--Luksor, an emerging iPhone application development company, announced today that it will donate 5 percent of all proceeds from sales of the newly released Safarees Touch 'n Color iPhone applications to the African Wildlife Foundation, the…

AWF completed the construction of new headquarters and staff housing for the wardens and rangers of Samburu National Reserve in late April. Located in the Kenya's northern frontier, Samburu National Reserve is one of Kenya's most spectacular…

I wanted to share something with you that gives me hope. Sometimes, we get so wrapped up in our work and our own daily struggles and challenges that we forget what is really important. Then, something makes us pause, and we realize why we are doing…