I first visited the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre (LWC) to volunteer in November 2017 and loved it so much that I returned not long after in July 2018! The Centre is the perfect place for animal lovers, and as […]
“How emotional can it be? We all know what happens; poachers take the horn, rhinos die – circle of life and all that” the naïve words which escaped my mouth just an hour before my […]
As the poaching crisis rumbles on, African elephant populations are being decimated. But something strange is also happening to the appearance of elephants. They’re losing their tusks. If you take a safari in Zambia, you’re […]
A brief summary of the 13th Herpetological Association of Africa Conference. I became a member of the Herpetological Association of Africa (HAA) almost a year ago now, and I can safely say it is one […]
In my job as a wildlife educator I like to use myths and stories to highlight previous beliefs about the animals I am presenting. Stories like why the bear lack a long tail, or how […]
Three years ago I spent a month as a volunteer for Wildlife ACT on uMkhuze Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was a month I will always treasure for a variety of reasons. It […]
Hello readers. I am an Englishman that has braved the heat and moved to South Africa for its wealth of biodiversity. Cormac Price recently joined me as a fellow post-graduate student at the University of […]
This is Stéphane’s third and final blog post from the Central African Republic (CAR) after recently leaving his position as WWF Technical Advisor in Sangha Sangha park. Check out part 1 and part 2. One of […]
Check out part 1 of this series here. Background: ‘mega-poaching’ relates to ivory and rhino-horn and the Central African Republic (CAR) is the ‘frontline’. Dispatch No.3 from the CAR outlines how text-book ideas of conflict […]
Conducting counter-poaching operations in Bayanga is akin to running a company in a modern army, albeit with less means, little training, varying discipline or questionable loyalty. From logistical to budgetary constraints, organizing one hundred rangers and […]
Sandy soils and thorny trees, mountain peaks and coral reefs. This little slice of planet Earth has it all. Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Its head rest on top the Drakensburg mountains, its toes are dipped in […]
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