Our Burning Planet

How the world’s top trophy hunters are killing off leopards

By Don Pinnock

Maverick Life

First fossil pangolin tracks discovered in South Africa

By Charles Helm and Jan Carlo De Vynck

Our Burning Planet

How healthy is the ‘great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River’?

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

South Africa

Big win for a tiny butterfly in Limpopo — the rare Wolkberg Zulu gets legal protection

By Kristin Engel

South Africa

Botha’s Lark – SA’s most threatened terrestrial bird species likely to become extinct as early as 2025

By Kristin Engel

South Africa

Lawsuit launched against environment minister in bid to halt African penguin extinction

By Kristin Engel

World

UN gathering ‘delivers extra boost’ to help protect environment

By Onke Ngcuka

Africa

Loaded for Bear: Rural Africans endure dangerous wildlife relocations folks up north wouldn’t tolerate

By Ed Stoddard

Maverick Life

Giraffes could go extinct – the 5 biggest threats they face

By Derek E. Lee

Our Burning Planet

How science and intuition can work together to save species

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

World

The Greenland shark’s slow swim through deep time — and into possible extinction

By Don Pinnock

World

Should we bring back the dodo? De-extinction is a feel-good story, but these hi-tech replacements aren’t really ‘resurrecting’ species

By Risa Aria Schnebly and Ben A. Minteer