Maryann Mott
for National Geographic News
October 21, 2008

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Ebay announced yesterday a global ban on sales of ivory products, a day before a conservation group issued a report showing that the online auction site is helping to fuel illegal trade in wildlife products.

Harare Tribune
Monday, 13 October 2008 00:54 Hon. Eddie Cross   Columnists—Personal Glimpses

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Yesterday the World Food Programme issued an alarming statement on the food crisis in Zimbabwe. They appealed for an additional US$140 million to cover the shortfall in basic food aid for the next six months. What they did not say was that this still leaves a shortfall in overall cereal and oilseed supplies of 800 000 tonnes for the next 6 months.

Guillaume Bonn

By DAVID RIEFF
Published: October 10, 2008

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The photographer Michael "Nick" Nichols explains how he takes photos of elephants, in this case in Samburu, Kenya (video).

By RUPI MANGAT
The EastAfrican – Posted Saturday, September 20 2008 at 14:53

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It is a matter of concern that in only two decades, Africa’s lion population has dwindled from 200,000 to 20,000 today.

For anyone coming to Africa, the big thrill is to see the ultimate king of the jungle, who combines strength with noble looks, who is invincible against all odds.

12:52 12 September 2008
NewScientist.com news service
Flora Graham

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Does the GPS help?

Today I received the following email:

Out of Africa: the speed gene genie - Sydney Morning Herald, Australia

Kathryn North, of the Institute for Neuromuscular Research at the Children's Hospital at Westmead and the University of Sydney, has shown there is a common ...

By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published: August 5, 2008

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A grueling survey of vast tracts of forest and swamp in the northern Congo Republic has revealed the presence of more than 125,000 western lowland gorillas, a rare example of abundance in a world of rapidly vanishing primate populations.