The Weight of the World
2021 kicks off the United Nations Decade on Ocean Science. Meanwhile, a local conservation group in Watamu, Kenya races to save endangered sea turtles—by enlisting human allies. Terrain.org December 10, […]
Category Archives: Animals
In Rwanda, Learning Whether a ‘Smart Park’ Can Help Both Wildlife and Tourism
Atlas Obscura November 24, 2020 Emmanuel Kalisa helped kill a lion, one of the last in Rwanda’s Akagera National Park, around 2002. Lions often mauled cattle owned by local herders such […]
Coronavirus Link Or Not Its Time to Crack Down on the Illegal Animal Trade
Washington Post February 19, 2020 About two years ago in northern Uganda, I watched anxiously as an endangered pangolin was released into a protected forest. Wildlife authorities and conservationists had […]
Vibrating dog vest may let you ‘talk’ to your pup without saying a word
National Geographic July 9, 2019 Designed for working dogs, the haptic vest may one day also help pet owners with speech impairments or dogs that are hard of hearing. GO […]
Donkeys Are Dying Because China Wants Their Hides For A Traditional Remedy
NPR April 30, 2019 Ejiao is the name of a traditional Chinese medicine that supposedly treats anemia, reproductive issues and insomnia – though the alleged medicinal properties are unproven. Nonetheless, […]
Nowhere to Hide: Pangolins are the most poached in the world
Science magazine March 13, 2019 UGANDA—The small pangolin tucked its head toward its belly and curled its tail around its body. Clad in large scales, it resembled a pine […]
Saving the neck of Rothschild’s giraffe
The Economist October 27, 2018 A relocation programme spreads a rare subspecies to new habitats GO TO ARTICLE TO A FOREIGN tourist, a giraffe is an extraordinary and elegant beast. […]
Rescuing Sea Turtles From Fishermen’s Nets
New York Times October 15, 2018 WATAMU, Kenya — The young hawksbill turtle was accidentally caught in a net in the Indian Ocean off Kenya’s coast. GO TO ARTICLE The fisherman […]
The Power Plants That May Save a Park, and Aid a Country
New York Times August 30, 2017 VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo — On the verdant savanna of Virunga National Park, a herd of elephants clustered near an umbrella-shaped […]
In Kenya, a Transformation in Shades of REDD
Undark July 28, 2017 Communities near the Rukinga Sanctuary once seemed locked on a path of resource decimation. But here, at least, a global conservation plan is working. By Amy […]
Amy Yee 