PERLEMOEN POOCH Meet Zeus, the remarkable Belgian Malinois leading the charge against coastal poaching in Gqeberha 3 min 0 By Riaan Marais
ILLEGAL HARVEST Criminals rake in millions as perlemoen poaching booms along Nelson Mandela Bay coast 5 min 0 By Riaan Marais
BUSINESS REFLECTION Loaded for Bear — there would be far fewer rhinos without John Hume 5 min 3 By Ed Stoddard
SPIKE IN ACTIVITY Police seize R400,000 in abalone as poachers exploit favourable full moon conditions 4 min 1 By Riaan Marais
CATCH EVADES NET Acquitted: three Chinese nationals escape legal clutches in R100m perlemoen smuggling case 3 min 1 By Riaan Marais
MYSTERY DISAPPEARANCES Silenced voices: Families seek justice for missing fishermen in Lake Victoria's forbidden waters 7 min 0 By Dominic Allen
CULTURAL EXTINCTION When the elders fall silent — how the loss of elephant matriarchs fractures a society 5 min 3 By Don Pinnock
POACHING Where is Zimbabwe’s cyanide queen? Li Song, wanted over wildlife poisoning, skips bail 7 min 0 By Pamenus Tuso
GROUNDUP Commercial fishers red-flag looming conflict with small-scale sector amid abalone quota uncertainty, dwindling catches 4 min 0 By Liezl Human for GroundUp
ANT SMUGGLING Illegal ant(ic)s — tiny targets of a growing global biopiracy threat to South Africa 10 min 4 By Caryn Dolley
HIDDEN LIVES Q&A — My Octopus Teacher director on her new documentary, Pangolin: Kulu’s journey 11 min 2 By Helen Walne
ALARMING DECLINE Vultures on the brink: Understanding climate change's impact on Africa's essential scavengers 4 min 0 By Kerri Wolter, Caroline Grace Hannweg and Lynda du Plessis
WILD IDEA OP-ED Pie in the sky — why South Africa’s Draft Elephant Heritage Strategy won’t work 4 min 2 By Adam Cruise
SANCTUARY UNDER THREAT Fate of KZN’s century-old Ndumo wetland park in doubt – despite global treaty ‘protection’ 8 min 6 By Tony Carnie
SAVING PRIVATE RHINO Dehorning bears fruit as rhino poaching deaths drop in 2024 5 min 2 By Tony Carnie
VANISHING TREASURES Zululand’s green jewels in jeopardy — indigenous forests under threat from poaching, grazing, budget cuts 10 min 7 By Tony Carnie
BOOK REVIEW A sweeping history of Africa’s rhinos calls for a rethink of wildlife trade policy 7 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
ISS TODAY OP-ED Elite hunting and smuggling syndicate threatens Tanzania’s Masai giraffe 3 min 1 By Willis Okumu for ISS Today
DNA SAMPLE ROW Vietnam chided over poached rhino horn ‘secrecy’ by global wildlife trade regulator 6 min 7 By Tony Carnie
WHOLE DIFFERENT BEAST John Hume’s rhinos were cheap, but keeping and rewilding them comes at a steep price 4 min 6 By Ed Stoddard
