A tip-off sets law enforcement in motion; when they intercept the traffickers, they find a pangolin, curled tight, trembling with fear, stuffed into a battered sack, rolled in an old, disused plastic bucket. To the untrained eye, it may appear as nothing more than a pile of dried leaves, but to the wildlife intelligence officers, it is a life teetering on the edge. This is how most rescues begin: with trauma.
Green rolling hills under endless skies punctuated by gentle cumulus clouds. I'll never forget the first time I stood at the rim of Ngorongoro Crater. Witnessing the vast sunken landscape below - I couldn't believe how dramatic and different it was from anywhere else I had ever seen. I first travelled to Ngorongoro Crater 11 years ago - on a group safari tour during my first visit to Tanzania. I loved the initial impact it had on me – the sweeping views of the caldera and the great abundance and diversity of animals within the crater: a whole world created by a volcanic eruption that happened millions of years ago. It's very humbling to see the Earth’s power, and how life can spring from ashes.
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In a new assessment published earlier this year, the Livingstone’s Fruit Bat has officially been downlisted from Critically Endangered to Endangered in the IUCN Red List. This piece of good news comes after years of tireless conservation work by Dahari, an NGO based in the Comoros, in collaboration with Bat Conservation International (BCI). In this blog, I have the pleasure of interviewing BCI’s Regional Director for Africa and South Asia, Dr. Isabella Mandl, to discuss the bats’ downlisting and her experiences working with them in the Comoros.
If someone asked me what the highlight of my animal science career has been, I would answer without hesitation: working with pangolins. These remarkable animals have deepened my professional curiosity and touched my heart. Every pangolin is full of surprises. Of course, each rescued pangolin comes in with different health status, but also unique feeding preferences, different waking up and sleeping hours, and their own personalities. They’ve shown me how much we must learn and – with all the threats they are facing – how urgently we must act to protect them.
Who knew sports and wildlife could intersect so much? Read on this story about a Football Club's history with wildlife!
This is a story of how conservation efforts to save a migratory bird was successful in bringing the species back from the brink of extinction...
This is the story of how we, Nature Conservation Georgia (NCG), ended up at the remote village of Tabatskuri, on Lake Tabatskuri - a serene landscape nestled in a volcanic plateau - where we painted gigantic Velvet Scoters. These are diving ducks, which were thought to be lost in Georgia and across the Caucasus until very recently when a miraculous discovery was made.
Learn about bats and their conservation!
Get a new perspective on a misunderstood fish roaming the waters of Indonesia, the endangered sawfish.