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White-bellied pangolin pups, rescued from an animal market in Lagos, desperately need help from Namibian pangolin expert Maria Diekmann

Seven rescued pangolins rehabilitated and moved to a new home that is secure and ready to once again play host to pangolins

Secretive forest species such as giant ground pangolin, Congo peafowl and cusimanse revealed by camera traps in DR Congo.

Elephants kill 2 in Zimbabwe + US$74bn Chinese wildlife trade explained + Coronavirus link to bats and pangolins (new research from China)

Instagram influencers Jessica Nabongo and Sal Lavallo ate pangolin in Gabon hotel

Good news as three pangolins have been successfully released back into the wild in Malawi after being confiscated.

A story about releasing trafficked pangolins back into the wild, thanks to a dedicated team of people fighting to ensure the survival of these threatened creatures.

Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila on Sunday set light to an ivory stockpile to highlight the problem of poaching in the central African country.

Two steps forward, one step back in pangolin conservation. Liberia is a country in West Africa that has overcome civil war, battled through the Ebola crisis and is currently recovering from the impacts. But there is one more issue to confront – the illegal wildlife and bushmeat trade.

The pangolin, the world’s most trafficked animal, might have just found a new best friend – the African giant pouched rat.

Little is known about how pangolins might cope with the direct and indirect effects of a changing climate. A PhD researcher is therefore investigating the body temperature, diet, and activity patterns of free-living ground pangolins in a semi-arid environment in South Africa.

A recent study has revealed that pangolin smugglers are constantly opening up new global trade routes every year to avoid law enforcement agencies.

The Tikki Hywood Trust is doing great things to protect the remaining wild populations of pangolins – the most trafficked animal in the world

Imagine the possibility of walking with pangolins. Adrian Steirn’s recent photographic series The Pangolin Men captures a unique and exceptional scenario of beasts and men.

To date the pangolin has remained under the radar of mainstream conservation campaigns, but the pangolin’s plight is indeed a global one.

This is a story of two rescued pangolins, a story of compassion and transboundary teamwork to help two endangered mammals

Joel Gunter meets a critically endangered black bellied pangolin.

A collection of the finest images of the rare & elusive pangolin. The world’s most trafficked animal, pangolins face serious survival threats

Get to know more about the pangolin, one of Africa’s most elusive creatures

How pangolins end up in medicine, on menus and electric fences.

The story of a little pangolin who’s making a big difference.

This is Roxy, the most amazing mama Cape pangolin in the whole world.

CITES COP19: We examine the most important decisions relating to African wildlife and ecosystems made at the latest Conference of the Parties

Virunga NP offers unparalleled biodiversity. Rain forests, gorillas, endemic birds, bubbling volcanoes, and safari favourites await

Want to head on safari while avoiding the risk of malaria? Here’s our round-up of the best malaria-free safari destinations in South Africa

Ten African states have proposed the transfer of the hippo from CITES Appendix II to Appendix I ahead of the 19th Conference of the Parties. What does this entail?

Selati is a secret Big 5 safari haven on the outskirts of Greater Kruger. It is also home to specials like sable & the rarest cycad on earth

Kafue National Park is Zambia’s oldest and largest national park – known for sweeping plains and wetlands, and abundant and unique wildlife

Greater Kruger’s latest wildlife count, celebrating magnificent hippos & searching for lowland gorillas – all this week with AG

The Top 101 entries for Photographer of the Year 2022 are here! Overall winners will be announced in late May. Entries are now closed.

Photographer of the Year 2022 entries for Week 13 are here! Submissions are now closed. Winners will be announced end May

Photographer of the Year 2022 entries for Week 13 are here! Submissions are now closed. Winners will be announced end May

Explore the pristine Big 5 wilderness of Moremi and Khwai on a fuss-free mobile glamping safari with expert guides on AG’s May expedition

Comment – teamAG – Friday 25 February 2022

Between meals, cocktails, spa treatments and pool dips, when should you head into the wild? Here we recommend our favourite safari time

Striped hyenas lurk in the shadows, shy and elusive. They are seldom seen, poorly understood and may answer our questions on hyena evolution

Comment – teamAG – Friday 05 November 2021

Comment – teamAG – Friday 15 October 2021

Crossing the human-wildlife barrier – is it ever okay? Three positive African examples involving a pangolin, a blesbok and a clan of hyenas

Our 2021 Photographer of the Year has come to a glorious finale as we present the best submissions. The winner and two runners-up will share the princely sum of USD 10 000 and join their partners and our CEO Simon Espley and his wife Lizz on the ultimate private safari in Botswana, where they’ll take …

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Fantastic images from our Photographer of the Year 2021. Enter now to win US$10,000 cash and a Botswana safari

Fantastic images from our Photographer of the Year 2021. Enter now to win US$10,000 cash and a Botswana safari

Fantastic images from our Photographer of the Year 2021. Enter now to win US$10,000 cash and a Botswana safari

Banks can help fight illegal wildlife trade but their failure to identify the financial footprints of poaching syndicates results in lost opportunities to disrupt trade – new research

Industrial lion farming and illegal trade – Lions Bones & Bullets uncovers how industrial-scale lion farming has adapted to reduced trophy hunting by exporting lion bones to Asia

Fantastic images from our Photographer of the Year 2021. Enter now to win US$10,000 cash and a Botswana safari

Fantastic images from our Photographer of the Year 2021. Enter now to win US$10,000 cash and a Botswana safari

Fantastic images from our Photographer of the Year 2021. Enter now to win US$10,000 cash and a Botswana safari

Fantastic images from our Photographer of the Year 2021. Enter now to win US$10,000 cash and a Botswana safari

African wildcats are one of Africa’s “Secret 7” – tough little cats are just as untamed and fierce as their iconic big cat cousins

CEO note: A poached rhino carcass & the takeaway food wrappers

Fantastic images from our Photographer of the Year 2021. Enter now to win US$10,000 cash and a Botswana safari

The aardwolf is one of the most specialised carnivores on the planet – eating termites – and the undeniable black sheep of the hyena family

Fantastic images from our Photographer of the Year 2021. Enter now to win US$10,000 cash and a Botswana safari

Okavango Delta under threat as oil drilling and fracking loom on the horizon after Canadian company tests massive prospecting concessions

Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique is a place of abundance; one of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth – for the safari connoisseur

CEO note: Strawberry leopard + here be dragons + living next door to a poacher

The most endangered living organisms in the world today are not rhinos, elephants, or even pangolins – they are plants called cycads

Cross-border donkey smugglers in Zimbabwe and Botswana are operating pipelines used for ivory, pangolins and Covid-19 contraband

5,5 million hectare Chinko basin now under African Parks management – 25 year agreement signed with Central African Republic government

These fantastic images from entrants to Africa Geographic’s Photographer of the Year will have you contacting AG to arrange your next safari.

Farming wild animals is a big industry in South Africa but not near the Chinese scale. Should SA follow China’s lead, as it seems to be doing?

These fantastic images from entrants to Africa Geographic’s Photographer of the Year will have you contacting AG to arrange your next safari.

These fantastic images from Africa Geographic’s Photographer of the Year will have you contacting them to arrange your next safari and packing your bags

The global Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic may prove to be an important moment in the attempts to address the illegal wildlife trade.

With COVID-19 killing people and wrecking economies, will African governments at last treat wildlife trade as a serious issue?

These fantastic images from Africa Geographic’s Photographer of the Year will have you contacting them to arrange your next safari.

CITES was established to regulate the international trade of animals & plants, to avoid the over-exploitation of endangered species

Africa Geographic’s 2020 Photographer of the Year has produced another exceptional weekly selection – see the gallery here

Our Photographer of the Year 2020, with a stunning safari prize provided by Djuma Private Game Reserve, is now in full swing. There are two galleries showcasing this week’s Weekly Selection. To see the other gallery click here: Gallery 2  ? A ring-tailed lemur shows off its impressive tail. Anja Reserve, Madagascar © Timothy Portas ? A white-bellied tree pangolin …

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Our Photographer of the Year 2020, with a stunning safari prize provided by Djuma Private Game Reserve, is now in full swing. There are two galleries showcasing this week’s Weekly Selection. To see the other gallery click here: Gallery 2   ? A tiny foraging field mouse. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania © Alice van Kempen ? A leopard in dappled …

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Our Photographer of the Year 2020 competition, with a stunning safari prize provided by Djuma Private Game Reserve, is now in full swing and open for submissions! There are two galleries showcasing this week’s Weekly Selection. To see the other gallery click here:  Gallery 2  ? A leopard leaps between branches. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania © Alice …

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Our Photographer of the Year 2020 is now in full swing and open for submissions! There are two galleries showcasing this week’s Weekly Selection. To see the other gallery click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 2  ? A large bull meets an elephant calf. Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa © Charmaine Joubert ? Springbok during a dusty sunrise. …

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Our Photographer of the Year 2020 is now in full swing and open for submissions! There are two galleries showcasing this week’s Weekly Selection. To see the other gallery click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 1 ? A ring-tailed lemur suns herself while her baby keeps a firm hold on her back. Berenty Reserve, Madagascar © Beverly Houwing …

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Smoked baby chimpanzee on the menu at prominent DRC hotel, says NGO.

Our Photographer of the Year 2020 is now open for submissions! Here is the first gallery of entrants: ? A spotted hyena pops its head out of the carcass of a giraffe that had died while giving birth. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Nitin Michael ? “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust”. A bull elephant …

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Malawi may be one of the continent’s most peaceful nations, but it is currently locked in a fierce battle to protect some of the world’s most threatened species of wildlife.

GONAREZOU – a conservation success story and iconic wilderness destination for those seeking true wilderness

Hunting in Botswana: Human-wildlife conflict scientist takes a deeper look at whether the historic hunting ban was good or bad for elephants and people.

MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO: For six months of every year this achingly beautiful display of Africa’s splendours dominates our lives, and my team and I bask in the glow and challenge of selecting each week’s best images to share with you. Until finally, in May, we select the ultimate winners. What a process! This year …

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Our Photographer of the Year 2019 competition is now closed for entries and we are excited to announce the Finalists! Only one week to go before we announce our winners! THE FOLLOWING GALLERY OF FINALISTS IS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER  

Our Photographer of the Year 2019 competition is ow closed for entries and we are excited to announce the Semi-finalists! Only two weeks to go before we announce our winners! There are two galleries showcasing the Semi-finalists. To see the other gallery click here: Semi-finalists Gallery 1 The following gallery of Semi-finalists is in no particular order. ALSO IN THIS WEEK’S …

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Our Photographer of the Year 2019 competition is ow closed for entries and we are excited to announce the Semi-finalists! Only two weeks to go before we announce our winners! There are two galleries showcasing the Semi-finalists. To see the other gallery click here: Semi-finalists Gallery 2 The following gallery of Semi-finalists is in no particular order. ALSO IN THIS WEEK’S …

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Our Photographer of the Year 2019 competition is now closed for entries and this week we will look at the first of our finalists: The Top 101! There are four galleries showcasing the Top 101. To see the other galleries for the Top 101 click here: Top 101 Gallery 1, Top 101 Gallery 2, and Top 101 Gallery 4. ALSO IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE …

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Our Photographer of the Year 2019 competition is now closed for entries and this week we will look at the first of our finalists: The Top 101! There are four galleries showcasing the Top 101. To see the other galleries for the Top 101 click here: Top 101 Gallery 1, Top 101 Gallery 2, and Top 101 Gallery 3. ALSO IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE …

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Our Photographer of the Year 2019 competition is now closed for entries and this week we will look at the last remaining entries chosen for the Weekly Selection galleries. There are four galleries showcasing this week’s Weekly Selection. To see the other galleries for this week’s selection click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 1, Weekly Selection …

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Our Photographer of the Year 2019 competition is now in full swing and there is only a month left to go before entries close! There are four galleries showcasing this week’s Weekly Selection. To see the other three galleries for this week’s selection, click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 2, Weekly Selection Gallery 3 and Weekly Selection Gallery 4. ALSO IN …

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A new environmental research and education organisation will work with rural communities in Namibia to promote nature and wildlife conservation.

Being able to identify transactions involving restricted species, and conversations happening about them, will assist law enforcement in the fight against wildlife trafficking.

50 days, four countries and 11,235 km later, South Africa humanitarian and eco-warrior, Carla Geyser, has returned home having led a successful international all-women conservation expedition into Southern Africa.

The international donor community and governments have invested heavily in fighting illegal wildlife trade, but so far, they haven’t succeeded in ending rhino poaching. New research from UCT shows that for these initiatives to succeed, local communities – many of which live in or near protected areas – need to be involved.

Botswana’s president addresses the issue of game farms and hunting in Botswana.

The morning sun was starting to make us sweat as we sat on the ground in a circle and waited. There wasn’t a breath of wind as small puffs of pale-yellow dust rose into the air, kicked up by four inquisitive creatures who were making their way towards us. Slowly but surely, they got within …

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Etosha is the perfect year-round safari destination, with each season having its particular charm and beauty

A casual search of some of South Africa’s biggest online marketplaces shows just how easily endangered wildlife species are reduced to their parts – and how simple it is to sell them online while retaining anonymity.

This gallery from Africa Geographic’s Photographer of the Year 2018 semi-finalists will have you dusted off your camera and booking your next African safari

Africa Geographic’s Photographer of the Year top 101 gallery will have you dusting off your camera and booking your next African safari with them

Africa Geographic’s Photographer of the Year top 101 gallery will have you dusting off your camera and booking your next African safari with them

Africa Geographic’s Photographer of the Year top 101 gallery will have you dusting off your camera and booking your next African safari with them