Nature & Wildlife
In 1974, a 20-year-old Toby Sinclair climbed into an old minibus with some friends for a road trip that would change the course of his life. After travels through Europe and the Middle East, they drove into Asia where he says he “caught the travel bug.”
News & More
It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Suni, one of the last northern white rhinos in the world, was found dead in his boma (hut) on Friday at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, in Kenya’s Laikipia region.
Conservation
The rhinos of Africa are faced with a sad reality. Every seven hours a rhinoceros life is taken by poachers, and without the help of conservation efforts, the two African rhino species face the very real possibility of extinction.
Videos
It isn’t easy being an orphaned elephant, but since its creation in 1977, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has offered hope for the future of Kenya’s threatened elephant and rhino populations. The “Orphan’s Project” is the most successful orphaned elephant rescue and rehabilitation program in the world.
Conservation
One hundred years ago this year, the last passenger pigeon on Earth died in the Cincinnati Zoo. A female named Martha, she has now become an icon for species extinction.
Nature & Wildlife
By Elissa Poma, Deputy Director of Marketing and Communication for World Wildlife Fund India is known, of course, for its tigers, and no visit to natural areas of the vast Asian nation is complete without time spent in tall grasses searching for the majestic big cat.
News & More
The spike in illegal wildlife trade continues: in 2013, poachers killed 1,004 rhinos in South Africa alone; and in 2012, some 15,000 elephants were slaughtered at 42 sites across 27 African countries, according to CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Travel Tales
By Marsea Nelson, guest blogger for WWF Travel Diverse landscapes, impressive infrastructure and the big five make South Africa an ideal safari destination. Our guest blogger Marsea Nelson recently traveled across South Africa and reports on what she learned. 1. Distinguishing the difference between a white rhino and a black rhino is actually easy.
Videos
While it’s never been easy to make your living as an animal in Africa, wildlife presently residing there face even more challenges than their ancestors did. For example, in the last four months in Kenya alone, poachers have killed 18 rhinos and 51 elephants.
Conservation
WWF has actively been looking at how technology is transforming conservation. As a Google Glass Explorer, WWF has started to test Field Notes, a tool biologists can use to record field data hands-free. Watch this video as WWF-Nepal senior research officer Sabita Malla journey’s through Chitwan National Park, monitoring rhinos with Google Glass.
Videos
Only in Namibia can you experience breath-taking landscapes, vibrant populations of lions, cheetahs, rhinos, and elephants, and a nation of people whose livelihoods and future are bound to wildlife’s freedom to roam. Discover the world’s greatest conservation story ever told for yourself. Only in Namibia.
Conservation
The New York Times Lens recently featured a heart-warming photo essay highlighting how local communities in Kenya are working to protect their endangered wildlife. In the photo above, a ranger named Kamara is sleeping with three orphaned rhino calves at Kenya’s Lewa Wildlife Conservancy.
