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Nigeria has taken a major step in the fight against wildlife crime with new legislation that imposes some of West Africa’s toughest penalties on illegal animal trafficking. The Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Bill 2024, passed by the Nigerian Senate…
High above Uganda’s Luku Central Forest Reserve, 29 critically endangered Rüppell’s vultures soar on massive wings, carrying twigs and branches to their clifftop nests. This remarkable sight represents something precious and precarious: the only known breeding colony of these magnificent…
For millions of years, the distinctive calls of hornbills have filled Africa’s forests and savannas. These large, charismatic birds with their striking curved beaks once thrived across the continent’s diverse landscapes. But when ornithologist Nico Arcilla returned to West African…
The Spix’s macaw, a stunning blue bird once declared extinct in the wild, is facing a new crisis that could derail its remarkable comeback story. Seven of these critically endangered parrots at a reintroduction site in Brazil’s Caatinga region have…
