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Zimbabwe’s Southeast Lowveld region, located within the Savé and Limpopo Valleys, is a critical landscape for black and white rhinos, wild dogs, lions, and elephants. For these populations to thrive, they must overcome threats including poaching,…

The Tsavo-Mkomazi landscape straddles the boundary between Kenya and Tanzania. It is one of the world’s largest protected areas, home to more than a third of Kenya’s elephants and nearly a fifth of its black rhinos. Stresses include infrastructure…

By Peter Knights, Executive Director of WildAid Experts in rhino conservation met last week in Nairobi convened by the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) in response to a rhino poaching epidemic gripping…

Last week, the effort to raise awareness in Vietnam about the plight of the rhino was in full swing as 20 famous Vietnamese celebrities, musicians and artists took part in a two-hour, nationally broadcast show called The Call of the Wild. …

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For three weeks earlier this year, AWF President R. Michael Wright and Mark R. Stanley Price, director of AWF's African operations, visited South Africa to talk with experts involved in conservation efforts there. One item on their agenda was to…

If you love Africa’s wildlife and care deeply about African-led conservation, there are plenty of ways to give back to African Wildlife Foundation just by shopping. African Wildlife Foundation is also proud to partner with quality brands that share…

A Specialized Team of Illegal Wildlife Trade Detection Dogs Supported by African Wildlife Foundation and Peace Parks Foundation Helps Catch a Vietnamese Trafficker with Illegal Rhino Horns, Lion Teeth, and Lion Nails. MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE AND…

Chinese consumer awareness of the ivory and rhino horn trade’s devastating impact on African wildlife has grown rapidly over the past two years, the result of major public awareness campaigns by wildlife organizations and state media,…

In Kenya, the Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary has been successfully expanded to make more room for its horned inhabitants, thanks to the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Eden Wildlife Trust, IUCN-SSC-African Rhino Specialist…

​ The “butterfly effect”—the idea that a butterfly flapping its wings can set in motion a series of events that result in massive change halfway around the world—is a pretty apt way to describe our increasingly…

A record 1,152 rhinos in South Africa could become victims of the illegal wildlife trade by the end of the year, according to the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF). The African conservation group based its projections on today’s…

National Geographic Wildlife Watch reports that the number of rhino killed by poachers in South Africa saw a slight drop last year compared to 2016, but the current rate of killing remains unsustainable. South Africa is home to the majority of the…

African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is pleased to announce the birth of two baby white rhinos in Mosi-Oa-Tunya Park in Zambia. Just over a year ago, AWF helped wildlife authorities settle four new white rhinos in the park after all but one of…

AWF has supported rhino conservation efforts since 1979. Recently AWF's Mark R. Stanley Price, director of African operations, and Philip Muruthi, coordinator of the Species and Ecosystems program, visited two rhino projects in Kenya's Tsavo…