The world’s only living relative of the giraffe has received its strongest global protection yet. Conservationists say the ...

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) lists the status of mountain gorillas as "endangered" with their population at over 1,000.

In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Maiko National Park, a few committed rangers have succeeded in protecting gorillas, elephants and other animals from the surrounding fighting. RFI spoke to ...

TANZANIA, AFRICA, SAFARI, GREAT MIGRATION, ZANZIBAR, OLDUVAI GORGE, NGORONGORO CRATER, SELOUS, NYERERE, RUAHA, MAHALE, GOMBE, ...

Environmental crime used to be treated as a niche concern, a worry for park rangers, customs officers and a handful of ...

More than 145,000 African forest elephants roam the rainforests of Africa, according to a recent population assessment.

Viral parrot videos fuel soaring demand, but behind the fame lies a deadly global trade. Conservationists reveal how social ...

For every bird that becomes a pampered internet star, countless others are snatched from the wild to feed the illegal global ...

The Harare–Chirundu highway has increasingly become a hotspot for hazardous waste transit and dumping, with devastating consequences for people, wildlife and fragile ecosystems. Truck drivers and ...

Latin America and Oceania emerge as the most exposed regions, with many nations lacking detection and containment capacity, ...

A rare double arrival has been recorded in one of the world's most dangerous places to be a gorilla. Virunga National Park in ...