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Negotiators discussing wildlife trade rules have agreed overwhelmingly to back a proposal that regulates the currently ...

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I am an African living in Nairobi, Kenya, who makes films about my continent’s wildlife. But as a species, wildlife filmmakers from Africa are rarer than mountain gorillas. This needs to change. We ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Often depicted as an ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Devastating floods in ...

MOMBASA, Kenya — Africa’s national parks, home to thousands of wildlife species such as lions, elephants and buffaloes, are increasingly threatened by below-average rainfall and new infrastructure ...

MOMBASA, Kenya — Iconic African wildlife such as elephants, big cats and rosewood trees will be central to discussions of the World Wildlife Conference slated for Panama later this year. The standing ...

Editor’s Note: Robert Mwinyihali is the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Central Africa urban bushmeat coordinator, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Jean Paul Kibambe is the WCS country ...