Africa’s wildlife population plunges by 80 percent in five decades, WWF warns

Wildlife populations monitored across Africa have declined by an average of 80 percent over the past five decades, according ...

Zimbabwe's dinosaurs were different from South Africa's: New species offers clues

Africa boasts up to 25% of Earth's animal and plant species. This diversity is driven by varied habitats: harsh deserts, vast ...
Phys.org

Global trade in wild animals is soaring—South Africa's laws aren't doing enough to prevent harm

The quantity and complexity of commercial wildlife trade laws has grown globally over the past century. A new study examines wildlife trade laws in 11 countries and finds that a country's Global ...
Reason

Wild Animals Are Thriving on South Africa's Private Reserves and Game Farms

This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. Sitting in the front seat of an open Land Rover being driven furiously backward for about a half-mile while ...
Bizcommunity

Constitutional Court upholds animal well-being in South Africa

Four Paws welcomes the Constitutional Court's judgement to dismiss the South African Hunters and Game Conservation ...
Science Daily

210-million-year-old dinosaur discovery reveals a lost world in Africa

A newly identified 210-million-year-old dinosaur from Zimbabwe is helping scientists uncover a surprisingly distinct ...
AllAfrica

Africa: Wildlife Populations Have Declined 73% Since 1970 - but Many of the World's Animals Still Aren't Being Counted

Wildlife populations around the world have declined by an average of 73% since 1970. That's according to the WWF's new 2026 Living Planet Index - a major estimate, updated every two years, of the ...
Time

Hundreds of Dead Animals Found at South Africa Airport

This photo released by National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. (NSPCA), shows dead reptiles and amphibians on top of a metal table at the Johannesburg Zoo, South Africa, Wednesday, ...
The Conversation

Africa’s wildlife laws follow a colonial model which separates people and animals: why it’s not working

The Endorois and Ogiek communities of Kenya were evicted by colonial and post-independence powers to make way for protected areas, but won their ancestral land back in the African Court in 2025. Queen ...