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Record 618 South African Rhinos Poached for Horns in 2012, so far
The number of rhinos killed for their horns in South Africa so far this year has shot up to 618. This is well past last year’s shock record of 448 and substantially more than the tally of 550 predicted...
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Worsening Rhino war Strains Countries’ Relations
The growing incursion of rhino poachers from Mozambique into South Africa’s flagship Kruger National Park is beginning to strain relations between the two countries. South African security operatives...
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February 15, 2014: California’s Drought, Inside the Human Brain, a 1,000 Mile...
California is having the worst drought in 500 years. Climatologists discover that the 20th century was wetter than average, and that the climate is now shifting back to drier conditions. (Photo by...
View ArticleKruger Park to Move 500 Rhinos to Save Species from Extermination
The assault on South Africa’s rhinos has become so catastrophic that a large-scale emergency program is underway to evacuate a minimum of 500 of the endangered animals to safe havens. The move forms...
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Confronting the Rhino in the Room
A small herd of cattle cross in front of us as we we walk down the dirt road to visit another family in Welverdiend, a community adjacent to South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Joseph, our guide and...
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OPINION: Rhinos and Elephants Are in Trouble—So Why Adopt Contradictory...
It’s entirely possible, even likely, that we humans will not coexist very much longer with ancient, thick-skinned megafauna weighing thousands of pounds. How to save them is a matter of ever greater...
View ArticleSurvivors Discuss What It Takes to Walk ‘Through the Prides’
Episode 2: The Walk They say it can take 24 hours to cross through Kruger National Park on foot—if you know the way. For some, it can take a week to reach South Africa—seven days of evading park...
View ArticleStory of One of Africa’s Greatest Animal Trackers
Episode 4: Master Tracker During Mozambique’s civil war, Wilson Masiya walked through Kruger National Park four times, guiding desperate families to relative safety in South Africa. Now, he is a Master...
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Q&A: Extreme Drought in South Africa’s Kruger National Park: How is Wildlife...
A caravan of animals makes its way to one of Kruger National Park’s life-sustaining waterholes. (Photograph: Izak Smit, SANParks) Bone-dry winds are blowing across South Africa’s Kruger National Park...
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Kruger Park Finds Early Success in new System to Detect and Intercept Rhino...
By Lise-Marie Greeff-Villet Kruger National Park, South Africa – A group of three poachers move silently through the bushveld, hidden from the naked eye by the darkness of night. Armed with a rifle...
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