Rescuers in South Africa search for the missing after floods leave at least 49 dead 13 Jun 2025 04:20:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/rescuers-in-south-africa-search-for-the-missing-after-floods-leave-at-least-49-dead/ | ||
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Death of tagged white shark on bather protection gear in South Africa sparks debate 11 Jun 2025 11:33:03 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/death-of-tagged-white-shark-on-bather-protection-gear-in-south-africa-sparks-debate/ | ||
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Seventy southern white rhinos arrive at their new home in Rwanda from South Africa 10 Jun 2025 16:27:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/seventy-southern-white-rhinos-arrive-at-their-new-home-in-rwanda-from-south-africa/ | ||
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Riding toward a greener future: E-bikes transform food delivery in South Africa 09 Jun 2025 12:33:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/riding-toward-a-greener-future-e-bikes-transform-food-delivery-in-south-africa/ | ||
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‘Absolutely ecstatic’: Scientists confirm survival of rare South African gecko 20 May 2025 08:19:15 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/05/absolutely-ecstatic-scientists-confirm-survival-of-rare-south-african-gecko/ | ||
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Malagasy wildlife champion wins top global conservation award 15 May 2025 09:04:12 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/05/malagasy-wildlife-champion-wins-top-global-conservation-award/ | ||
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Community-led system boosts fisheries in a corner of fast-depleting Lake Malawi 14 May 2025 14:36:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/05/community-led-system-boosts-fisheries-in-a-corner-of-fast-depleting-lake-malawi/ | ||
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Cape vulture conservation offers hope, but challenges remain 14 May 2025 07:26:55 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/cape-vulture-conservation-offers-hope-but-challenges-remain/ | ||
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Traffickers slither through loopholes with wild-caught African snakes and lizards 13 May 2025 12:09:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/traffickers-slither-through-loopholes-with-wild-caught-african-snakes-and-lizards/ | ||
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Mass South Africa vulture poisoning kills 123; 83 others rescued 09 May 2025 09:42:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/05/mass-south-africa-vulture-poisoning-kills-123-83-others-rescued/ | ||
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Trophies, body parts & live animals dominate global lion trade, data show 08 May 2025 12:17:25 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/trophies-body-parts-live-animals-dominate-global-lion-trade-data-show/ | ||
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Mozambique’s farmers pay the price of Europe’s paper packaging demands 07 May 2025 22:14:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/05/mozambiques-farmers-pay-the-price-of-europes-paper-packaging-demands/ | ||
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PHOTO ESSAY Wind-blown sand scouring life off a Southern African landscape 30 Apr 2025 07:06:39 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/photo-essay-wind-blown-sand-scouring-life-off-a-southern-african-landscape/ | ||
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Loss of great white sharks triggers domino effect down food chain, study shows 23 Apr 2025 07:23:02 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/loss-of-great-white-sharks-triggers-domino-effect-down-food-chain-study-shows/ | ||
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Succulents die off with expanding desert in South Africa and Namibia 18 Apr 2025 06:49:49 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/succulents-die-off-with-expanding-desert-in-south-africa-and-namibia/ | ||
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Fishing rights, and wrongs, cast small-scale South African fishers adrift 15 Apr 2025 08:00:14 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/fishing-rights-and-wrongs-cast-small-scale-south-african-fishers-adrift/ | ||
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Outlook improves for wattled crane in South Africa 11 Apr 2025 20:22:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/outlook-improves-for-wattled-crane-in-south-africa/ | ||
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Vincent van der Merwe (1983-2025), champion of the cheetah 26 Mar 2025 14:59:14 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/vincent-van-der-merwe-1983-2025-champion-of-the-cheetah/ | ||
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Conservationists, fishing industry find balance on protecting African penguins 21 Mar 2025 06:01:02 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/conservationists-fishing-industry-find-balance-on-protecting-african-penguins/ | ||
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Bleak future for Karoo succulents as desert expands in South Africa 20 Mar 2025 10:58:05 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/desert-creep-in-south-africa-spells-bleak-future-for-succulent-resplendent-karoo/ | ||
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Deadly Botswana rains made more likely by climate change, rapid urbanization 14 Mar 2025 11:29:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/deadly-botswana-rains-made-more-likely-by-climate-change-rapid-urbanization/ | ||
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Rhino poachers imprisoned in back-to-back South Africa sentencing 10 Feb 2025 04:26:35 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/02/rhino-poachers-imprisoned-in-back-to-back-south-africa-sentencing/ | ||
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Vietnam faces scrutiny for not sharing enough data on rhino horn trade 05 Feb 2025 16:10:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/02/vietnam-faces-scrutiny-for-not-sharing-enough-data-on-rhino-horn-trade/ | ||
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Rhino horn trafficker jailed in legal first on financial charges in S. Africa 27 Jan 2025 13:34:36 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/01/rhino-horn-trafficker-jailed-in-legal-first-on-financial-charges-in-s-africa/ | ||
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Do cheetahs scavenge? Yes, research says, but also not really 24 Jan 2025 20:13:49 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/do-cheetahs-scavenge-yes-research-says-but-also-not-really/ | ||
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Right whales can live to 130, but in North America they die young 10 Jan 2025 20:42:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/right-whales-can-live-to-130-but-in-north-america-they-die-young/ | ||
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What singing lemurs can tell us about the origin of music 08 Jan 2025 14:38:35 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/video/2025/01/what-singing-lemurs-can-tell-us-about-the-origin-of-music/ | ||
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New campaign seeks swifter justice for slain South African wildlife ranger 25 Dec 2024 03:25:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/new-campaign-seeks-swifter-justice-for-slain-south-african-wildlife-ranger/ | ||
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Poachers target South Africa’s ‘miracle’ plant with near impunity 20 Dec 2024 13:03:04 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/poachers-target-south-africas-miracle-plant-with-near-impunity/ | ||
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Unlike: Brazil Facebook groups give poachers safe space to flex their kills 19 Dec 2024 16:08:01 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/unlike-brazil-facebook-groups-give-poachers-safe-space-to-flex-their-kills/ | ||
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African women’s assembly unites for climate justice 06 Nov 2024 19:39:17 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/11/african-womens-assembly-unites-for-climate-justice/ | ||
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Population crash means African penguins are now critically endangered 04 Nov 2024 05:31:30 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/11/population-crash-means-african-penguins-are-now-critically-endangered/ | ||
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Inbreeding adds to growing threats to Africa’s smallest wildcat, study finds 28 Oct 2024 15:39:47 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/inbreeding-threats-africa-wildcat-study/ | ||
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Caracal, meet penguin: How humans pushed unlikely predator and prey together 08 Oct 2024 14:00:53 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/caracal-meet-penguin-how-humans-pushed-unlikely-predator-and-prey-together/ | ||
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Follow the prey: How servals adapt to an industrialized landscape 03 Oct 2024 15:41:24 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/follow-the-prey-how-servals-adapt-to-an-industrialized-landscape/ | ||
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Hooded vultures in Ghana and South Africa on the brink, study says 16 Sep 2024 09:49:47 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/hooded-vultures-in-ghana-and-south-africa-on-the-brink-study-says/ | ||
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South Africa seeks to settle landmark African penguin lawsuit 27 Aug 2024 06:13:30 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/08/south-africa-seeks-to-settle-landmark-african-penguin-lawsuit/ | ||
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African Parks embarks on critical conservation undertaking for 2,000 rhinos 22 Aug 2024 09:17:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/african-parks-embarks-on-critical-conservation-undertaking-for-2000-rhinos/ | ||
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‘Everything is a being’ for South Africa’s amaMpondo fighting to protect nature 19 Aug 2024 14:58:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/everything-is-a-being-for-south-africas-amampondo-fighting-to-protect-nature/ | ||
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South Africa adopts a new climate change law 09 Aug 2024 11:23:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/08/south-africa-adopts-a-new-climate-change-law/ | ||
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120 rhinos moved from breeding program to South African reserves 20 Jul 2024 04:55:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/07/120-rhinos-moved-from-breeding-program-to-south-african-reserves/ | ||
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34,000-year-old termite mounds in South Africa are still being used 28 Jun 2024 15:18:17 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/34000-year-old-termite-mounds-in-south-africa-are-still-being-used/ | ||
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‘Explorer elephants’ in transfrontier conservation area offer solution to tree damage 28 Jun 2024 12:52:39 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/explorer-elephants-in-transfrontier-conservation-area-offer-solution-to-tree-damage/ | ||
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In ‘the century of Africa,’ Mongabay’s new bureau reports its biggest environmental issues and solutions 25 Jun 2024 21:08:11 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2024/06/in-the-century-of-africa-mongabays-new-bureau-reports-its-biggest-environmental-issues-and-solutions/ | ||
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Collar cameras shed light on quirky baboon diet 29 May 2024 11:07:14 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/collar-cameras-shed-light-on-quirky-baboon-diet/ | ||
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Meet the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners 29 Apr 2024 07:31:23 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/meet-the-2024-goldman-environmental-prize-winners/ | ||
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Study: Tiny tortoise may play large role in South Africa’s Karoo landscape 03 Jan 2024 15:43:13 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/study-tiny-tortoise-may-play-large-role-in-south-africas-karoo-landscape/ | ||
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Track-a-mole: Sniffer dog and eDNA help ‘rediscover’ South African golden mole 29 Nov 2023 19:26:25 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/track-a-mole-sniffer-dog-and-edna-help-rediscover-south-african-golden-mole/ | ||
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Do tree-planting projects on grasslands increase fire risk? 28 Nov 2023 14:51:14 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/do-tree-planting-projects-on-grasslands-increase-fire-risk/ | ||
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Mongabay launches Africa news bureau 08 Nov 2023 08:48:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/mongabay-launches-africa-news-bureau/ | ||
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South Africa’s penguins heading toward extinction; will no-fishing zones help? 17 Oct 2023 19:05:17 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/south-africas-penguins-heading-toward-extinction-will-no-fishing-zones-help/ | ||
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African Parks to rewild 2,000 rhinos from controversial breeding program 11 Sep 2023 20:29:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/african-parks-to-rewild-2000-rhinos-from-controversial-breeding-program/ | ||
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For South Africa’s small fishers, co-ops prove a necessary, but bumpy, step up 31 Aug 2023 18:13:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/for-south-africas-small-fishers-co-ops-prove-a-necessary-but-bumpy-step-up/ | ||
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South Africa community members decry traditional leaders’ power amid mine plans 28 Aug 2023 16:13:04 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/community-members-decry-traditional-leaders-power-amid-south-african-mine-plans/ | ||
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Zimbabwe sees recycling boom as waste picking becomes lucrative business 21 Aug 2023 16:03:17 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/zimbabwe-sees-recycling-boom-as-waste-picking-becomes-lucrative-business/ | ||
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World’s largest private rhino herd doesn’t have a buyer — or much of a future 11 Aug 2023 11:39:19 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/worlds-largest-private-rhino-herd-doesnt-have-a-buyer-or-much-of-a-future/ | ||
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S. Africa to purge bird-eating mice from key albatross breeding island 05 Jul 2023 17:01:09 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/s-africa-to-purge-bird-eating-mice-from-key-albatross-breeding-island/ | ||
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‘Shocking’ levels of pangolin deaths from electric fences (commentary) 02 Jun 2023 17:26:39 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/shocking-levels-of-pangolin-deaths-from-electric-fences-commentary/ | ||
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‘Anthill tiger’: Putting one of Africa’s rarest wildcats on the radar 18 May 2023 14:41:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/anthill-tiger-putting-one-of-africas-rarest-wildcats-on-the-radar/ | ||
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Forests & Finance: Agroforestry in Cameroon and reforestation in South Africa 03 May 2023 08:59:32 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/forests-finance-agroforestry-in-cameroon-and-reforestation-in-south-africa/ | ||
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