South Africa’s newly released professional hunting statistics tell a story that is rarely stated plainly: trophy hunting is not a conservation tool, nor a reluctant compromise at the edges of wildlife ...

We’re just a stone’s throw from the vehicle when we see the first bootprints in the sand. They’re a few days old and cross a dirt road that runs along the backside of a large waterhole. The eight of ...

Experts share their knowledge on lion conservation in a new book Pieter Kat The African lion is one of the most iconic species in the world. Just look at all the lions in art, as statues, on logos, on ...

Editor’s Note: Dr Robert (Robbie) Kroger is a restoration ecologist originally from South Africa but now based in Memphis, Tennessee. His work through the non-profit he started The Origins Foundation ...

Scientists warn that rising demand in Africa and Asia is fuelling targeted poaching and could push some lion populations ...

See how South Africa’s wildlife crime economy is thriving, exploiting legal loopholes, weak enforcement and global demand for endangered species and their derivatives.

A male lion photographed in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Whenever a lion or elephant or some other animal that has been named by the general public is hunted, there is an immediate furor across the ...