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By Helen BriggsScience reporter, BBC NewsElephants keep track on up to 30 absent relatives by sniffing out their scent and building up a mental map of where they are, research suggests.Herd members use their good memory and keen sense of smell to…

Every day, the average American family uses about 552 gallons of water. Compare this to the average African family, which uses about 5 gallons of water a day.Most Americans get their water delivered to their home, usually through a tap, and can…

As the world gears up for the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), taking place in Cali, Colombia, from October 21 to November 1, 2024, Africa is poised to be a focal point of global…

In the sun-scorched villages of Tchamba, nestled within northern Cameroon’s rugged Faro landscape near the Nigerian border, the cracked earth and brittle grass reveal an ecosystem under siege from advancing climate change. Adjacent to Faro National…

The rainforests of West and Central Africa are alive with sound and life. Beneath a thick canopy where sunlight filters through towering trees, ferns and vines tangle across barely visible trails. These forest paths—shaped by people and wildlife…

Under the bright midday sun in Schouam, a small village bordering the Dja Faunal Reserve in south-eastern Cameroon, the tin roof of Mango’o Clautilde and Sere Etienne’s home shines against a lush backdrop of forest.Just steps away, Etienne prepares…

For the past two weeks, AWF participated in an aerial census conducted by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) in the Tsavo–Mkomazi ecosystem, which straddles the border between Kenya and Tanzania. This landscape hosts about a third of Kenya’s elephant…

This article is developed and written by the second cohort of the Charles R. Wall Young African Policy Fellows Program and the inaugural Conservation Leadership and Management Fellowship. Both programs aim to build the leadership, negotiation, and…

A mountain gorilla, one of just over 1,000 of its kind, chews on a bamboo stalk in a dense afromontane forest as awestruck tourists observe. An elephant uses its massive tusks to dig for water during a drought. Hundreds of buffaloes graze together…

Giraffe populations have declined by 40% in the past three decades, with fewer than 70,000 mature individuals remaining in the wild—a stark contrast to the 1980s figures of over 155,000. This alarming trend prompted the International Union for…

Tanzania is known for its wildlife tourism, but in reality, 91 percent of tourism arrivals in the country head to northern Tanzania. The southern swath of Tanzania, with its fertile soils and temperate weather, is prime agriculture country.Even so,…

In the 1970s and 1980s, there was a terrible epidemic of poaching in Africa. That’s when AWF did our “Only Elephants Should Wear Ivory” campaign, and we found a way to slam the brakes on this poaching.We sent very clear, unambiguous messages to the…

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, over 40,000 species are threatened with extinction, making up 28 percent of all assessed animals, plants, and fungi. On Endangered Species Day,…

Africa is in a crisis that few would have anticipated, at least not the extent to which it is impacting the most visible symbols of conservation, the continent’s iconic species. Not only are current levels of illegal offtake unsustainable, but the…

 Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, a renowned zoologist who passionately supported the African Wildlife Foundation's (AWF) work in giraffe conservation, passed away earlier this month. Known to many as the woman who loved giraffes, Dr. Anne was celebrated…