Speaking to Al Jazeera, Oaitse Nawa, founder of the Botswana-based Elephant Protection Society (EPS), said the number of elephants being hunted is “too high” and called on the government to revisit ...

Thousands of wild animals have been included in the 2023 hunting list as Botswana releases a hunting quota for the next open season. Elephants will be among the most hunted animals with 336 giants set ...

Hippos are stuck in a dried-up channel near the Nxaraga village in the Okavango Delta on the outskirts of Maun, Botswana, April 25, 2024. [AFP] Herds of endangered hippos are stuck in drying ponds in ...

National Geographic's annual Pictures of the Year issue features stunning wildlife photos highlighting endangered species and ...

The reintroduction of elephant trophy hunting in Botswana in 2019, following a five-year moratorium, is likely severely ...

In Botswana, coexisting with the country's 130,000 elephants can be a daily negotiation. For rural families, tending a crop ...

Botswana, one of Africa's premier safari destinations, said it will ban commercial hunting of wildlife because of a decline in animal populations.The government has decided to "indefinitely suspend ...

In “KALAHARI CONNECTIONS: fostering long-term positive conservation behaviors in Botswana youth” GFP graduate Erin Stotz, Dragonfly facilitator Molly Maloy and others from Denver Zoo’s Conservation ...

In April 2024, Botswana’s then-president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, made headlines for his government’s threat to send 30,000 elephants to Germany and the United Kingdom so that Europeans could try living ...

GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Herds of endangered hippos are stuck in drying ponds in Botswana's northwest as the El Nino-induced drought takes its toll on wildlife. In Botswana, home to one of the world’s ...