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While other children scampered at the sight of lizards, he closed in with a curiosity of how they moved, fed and behaved. As ...
One of the challenges in integrating forensic science into our criminal prosecutions lies in the inadequate funding ...
"We make the animal enclosures as close to those in the wild by doing enclosure enrichment. There are those animals that live in the open savannah. The zebras are in 12 acres of land, and it's open." ...
Counting the lions of the Nile River. As the morning sun rises on the banks of the River Nile in north-western Uganda, two wildlife rangers turn on their iPhones, preloaded with tracking software ...
In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...
But by the age of 18, I felt like I wanted to be a vet that works with wildlife. Then, I got an opportunity to work with captive chimpanzees, and then I also got to work with chimpanzees in the wild ...
Analysis - The world is losing animals at an alarming rate due to habitat degradation, climate change and illegal human activities in the wildlife protected areas. In fact, it is estimated that ...
In 2013, when Sandra Altherr, co-founder of the German NGO Pro Wildlife, began looking into the reptile trade in Europe, she ...
These are led by experts from the Uganda Wildlife Authority, with small groups of eight people assigned to visit one of 18 habituated groups each day. For $1,500, visitors can take part in a ...
And while there is still work to be done to improve human and animal health in Uganda, Dr Kalema-Zikusoka says the attitude towards the country's wildlife — especially the gorillas — has changed.