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So we have now left the direct training part of the program and are now in what I think of as the go-around-asking-people-for-interesting-things-to-do phase. This is basically is a time where we are in the HQ and have the freedom…

 2025 was a year of transition for conservation in Africa. Global financing patterns shifted, national development priorities evolved, and countries continued to navigate the complex balance between economic growth and biodiversity stewardship…

It is early evening at Taita Ranch, which lies adjacent to Kenya’s biggest national park, the Tsavo. We drive slowly along the bumpy roads in the 98,000-acre conservancy, stopping to peer into bushes, alert for any signs of movement. We are looking…

At the height of the driest months in northern Kenya, you can read a landscape by its sources of water. A watering hole that holds a little longer draws herders, wildlife, and daily life into the same narrow radius. When rivers and springs shrink,…

Every year on December 4, World Cheetah Day draws attention to one of Africa’s most iconic big cats. Today, there are thought to be no more than about 7,000 cheetahs left in the wild across Africa. Their decline mirrors deeper problems in the…

At its southern reach, Kenya’s Tsavo Conservation Area crosses into Tanzania, encompassing Mkomazi National Park and critical dispersal areas for the region’s iconic wildlife. The area, covering more than 47,000 sq. kilometers, is home to more than…