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Studies show that West Africa's critically endangered chimpanzees are finding ways of adapting to their rapidly changing habitat, but they still remain highly at risk.
With partnerships between landowners, the government and businesses, South Africa can invest in its wetlands and boost the country's potable water reserves.
Sustainable and efficient transportation is essential for cities, communities and individuals to thrive.
How African penguins and their chicks' respond to fish availability informs marine conservation.
Poor understanding can be put down to the content in Kenyan schools' curricula.
Household rat poison is endangering caracals, and other wildlife species in Cape Town, that prey on poisoned rodents. If not managed, this can negatively alter the region's ecosystem.
Local based approaches from farmers, researchers and entrepreneurs prove successful for innovation in Malawi.
Poorer countries can now refuse shipments of plastic waste and slow the build-up of pollution on their shores.
Lifting the trophy hunting moratorium in Botswana is more about politics and less about elephant conservation.
Combining and fermenting readily available indigenous African crops can help counter malnutrition on the continent.
Because the interactions between trees, soils, crops and livestock can be positive or negative, their relationship must be balanced and understood.
Bonobos may be the most promiscuous species on the planet. From meddling mothers to feeding ground excitement, their sex lives are unique in the animal world.
Governments in anthrax endemic countries should build efficient surveillance systems that incorporate detection, confirmation and efficient data collation and feedback.
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It's too soon for South Africa to start counting its chickens over the recent offshore gas find by global energy giant Total.
A plastic bag has an average usage time of 20 minutes, while it can take up to 1000 years to break down in the environment.
Cyclone Idai hit poor countries the hardest and shows why disaster resilience is a necessity.
South Africa's sunshine and coastlines are ideal for renewable energy generation but the country's struggling to take advantage of this.
Small-scale renewable energy projects have tremendous potential to power rural areas in the DRC. Rural areas in the country have very little access to electricity.
Providing people with clean drinking water and sanitation is less expensive than grid electrification and it could improve more lives.
The rhino horn auction in South Africa is a serious setback in the fight against poaching and the survival of wild rhinos. The chances of the horns remaining in the country are next to zero.
Policymakers need to proceed with caution when it comes to legalising rhino horn as it could be a high risk strategy.
The first online rhino auction in South Africa wasn't a success. This has done very little to help rhinos. It may, in fact, encourage more poaching as demand has not slowed down.
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New research suggests that even ecologically flexible baboons could be at significant risk of habitat loss and endangerment from anthropogenic climate change.
A landmark report found more than one million species at risk of extinction – but even the "safe" ones may not be so safe.
A new study has calculated the tremendous cost of ash dieback to the UK economy.
The vast desert could potentially produce more than seven times the electricity requirements of Europe, with almost no carbon emissions.
The recent storms provide a grim reminder of the prospect of future tropical cyclones in a region under continued threat from climate change.
From New Orleans to Haiti to Mozambique, global inequality plays a major role in making disasters deadly.
The mouse who tidied the shed he lives in fascinated human viewers, but cleanliness isn't a virtue unique to humans.
Wildlife tourism is a million dollar industry, but do we know enough about how wildlife feel about tourists in their habitat?
Our closest relatives show distinct cultural behaviour in different populations. But those differences are being erased.
Changing the way we farm is necessary – for us and the planet.
The natural world depends on insects to function, but they may be the next casualty of climate change.
The False Bay ocean food chain in Cape Town began to change significantly in 2015 with the appearance of shark-eating killer whales.
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