East Africa (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) contains 1,776 protected areas (including 186 "strict" protected areas) covering more than 27 percent of its terrestrial area.

A national park in New Zealand has been expanded by 64,000 hectares – the largest gain for a national park in the country’s history.

The government of Botswana is considering measures to rein in its elephant population to address the problem of human-elephant conflicts.

Most large carnivore populations currently occur in heterogeneous landscapes, with source populations embedded in a matrix of human-dominated habitats. Understanding changes in distribution of endangered carnivores is critical for prioritizing and implementing conservation strategies.

Staff at Bardia National Park in mid-western Nepal have been looking after a “special guest” for the last eight years.

Botswanan President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Wednesday blasted Western countries for their outburst over Botswana's plan to lift a hunting ban and allow an elephant cull.

Reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) – is under debate in Great Britain with a number of projects underway. The species is estimated to have been resident until the 16th century, when hunted to extinction by humans.

China has some 25 species of primates, of which 15 to 18 have fewer than 3,000 individuals surviving in the wild, according to a new study.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the world’s leading conservation organization, on Saturday urged the government of Tanzania to review its conservation policies to enhance the management of rh

The relocation of 100 elephants from the Save Valley Conservancy to Rifa Safari area in Hurungwe has begun with eight of the wild animals being released in the Zambezi Valley, recently.

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