Following the detention of the Russian-flagged trawler the “Oleg Naydenov” by the Senegalese national navy on charges of illegal fishing, Greenpeace reiterated its support to the government of Senegal for the enforcement of fisheries legislation.

2013 was a tough year for rhinos all over the world. With the escalating poaching crisis, all five rhino species are at extreme risk.

In the past few weeks there have been several reports of Brown Hyaenas in and around Johannesburg.

Following this year’s launch of the inaugural Tusk Conservation Awards, presented in London by the charity’s Royal Patron HRH The Duke of Cambridge, Tusk is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the 2014 awards.

Poachers slaughtered a rhino in one of Kenya's best guarded wildlife parks, officials said on Tuesday, in a brazen attack highlighting the risks gunmen are taking during a surge of killings.

As part of the City of Cape Town’s integrated approach to marine law enforcement, a multi-agency operation was conducted over the weekend to ensure extra police visibility with the opening of the West Coast Rock Lobster (WCRL) season on Friday.

The sale of West Coast rock lobster at certain restaurants and shops is under question as poaching contributes to a dwindling number of the crustacean.

Conservation is scoring through a soccer-based education programme for grade five learners whose neighbours are the big five nature and game reserves in the Eastern Cape.

Poor Mozambicans must make an income from conservation so they don’t join the army of hunters who’ve helped take rhino poaching in neighboring South Africa to a sixth successive record, former President Joaquim Chissano said.

The South African National Parks (SANParks) recognised deserving conservationists at their 9th annual Kudu Awards ceremony held at CSIR Convention Centre in Pretoria last week.

The Cape Flats, covered by about 2.7 million hectares of invasive species, including Australian acacias, is also home to about 22 million birds, an MSc student from Stellenbosch University found recently.

Are you eating the fish you ordered? Up to half of the fish is mislabelled in South Africa. Who can we trust?

October is Transport Month in South Africa, and emphasis is placed on the safety of all road users – that includes the safety of you, your family and friends, and our wildlife.

We have been incorporating elephants into our lives since humans first became…well…humans.

Over 80% of all seafood stock is overfished, according to the 2011 report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FOA) of the UN. How can we make the shift to fishing responsibly?

Over the next five years, the U.S. Navy plans to conduct a series of training exercises in coastal waters resulting in a "significant impact" on marine life as a result of the use of underwater explosives and sonar. These "war games" are intended to improve military readiness in the event of a real conflict.

World Rhino Day in South Africa will see conservationists and concerned citizens reflecting on another tragic year, the fifth in a row, where a record number of rhinos poached will most certainly be reached.

To date, a staggering 635 Rhinos have been reported as poached in South Africa in 2013, with the real numbers possibly being higher.

Since the launch of the first iconic rhino reusable shopping bag in 2010, over R1.7 million has been raised for rhino conservation through a number of initiatives.

A set of boots and caps for dung beetles has secured University of the Witwatersrand professor Marcus Byrne and his colleagues this year’s Ig Nobel Prize for biology and astronomy.