TV giraffe killed by lightning strike
The death of a giraffe made famous by British TV drama series ‘Wild at Heart’ has highlighted the dangers of lightning storms to the long-necked creatures. Read More »
Giraffes get GPS in bid to beat poachers
Giraffes in Niger, West Africa, are being fitted with GPS collars in order to help conserve their numbers. Read More »
Gorillas bring wildlife tourists to Rwanda
CNN’s David McKenzie reports from Rwanda on how the once-troubled central African country’s mountain gorillas have inspired a tourism boom. Read More »
Elderly woman dies after collision with zebra
An elderly woman died shortly after colliding with a zebra while on safari in Kenya, a coroner investigating the case said Wednesday. Read More »
Shrinking giraffe numbers highlight Kenyan wildlife crisis
Conservationists have warned that Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve is facing a wildlife crisis as new research reveals that giraffe numbers have fallen by 95 percent in the past two decades. Read More »
Gorillas’ drunken antics caught on camera
Don’t you hate it when other people take pictures of you drunk and then post them on Facebook? Well, spare a thought for a group of mountain gorillas whose antics binge-drinking on boozy bamboo sap have been splashed all over the internet. Read More »
Pink baby elephant poses for cameras
A wildlife photographer in Botswana has snapped a picture of what could be Africa’s only living pink elephant. Read More »
African wildlife stars in stunning photo collections
Image: Readers who have visited the current BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at London’s Natural History Museum will already be familiar with the work of Andy Biggs, whose stunning landscape shot of Namibia’s Skeleton Coast won the “Wild Places” category in this year’s competition. Read More »