This story appears in the October 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. It was a five-hour drive from South Africa’s Kruger National Park, home of the world’s largest wild rhinoceros population, ...

From pangolin scales to elephant tusks, from African gray parrots to manatees, the illicit trade in wildlife products and ...

Conservationist and ornithologist Steve Boyes has been searching for this elusive herd for years, and the story of his ...

The proposed annual trophy hunting export quotas for 2026 and 2027 include 150 elephants (300 tusks), 12 black rhinos and 11 leopards. The move marks a return to regulated hunting after a freeze that ...

GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - Landmark Rewilding has launched the Garden Route Leopard Conservation Project, an initiative aimed at ...

Analysis - Animals of the same species don't always look the same. From birds with different beak shapes to mammals that vary in size or colour, populations living in different places can often look ...

For the first time, whole-genome analysis shows that the small Cape leopards are a genetically distinct population.

Bardiya National Park, Nepal’s largest lowland protected area, is home to an abundance of wildlife including tigers, rhino, elephant and river dolphins. It is a globally renowned conservation success ...

Born Free is deeply concerned that the South African Government has announced plans for new export quotas of hunting trophies.

The feeling of hunger is not pleasant for people or animals. Unlike humans, though, animals can’t just order up DoorDash or swing through a drive-thru when they’re hungry. Predators have to hunt for ...

On July 1, 2015, a majestic black-maned lion named Cecil was lured from the protection of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park and killed by an American trophy hunter. What might have been just another ...

"Trophy hunting" has become a loaded term as the possible delisting of Wyoming’s grizzlies looms. Hunters say it represents the pinnacle of their sport. Critics say it’s all about ego. Wyoming ...