Africa & Middle East
Gate Money, Going to Kinshasa
The Columbus Zoo has given more than 500,000 dollars to the world’s only ...
Africa & Middle East
A First Chick, and the Two Zoos Thanked for It
A lappet-faced vulture chick hatched at VulPro’s breeding facility on Heritage Day, September ...
Africa & Middle East
460 Gorillas Named Since 2005
Rwanda named 22 baby mountain gorillas on September 4, 2026. That brings the ...
Africa & Middle East
Who Pays the Vets for the Last Orphans
The only facility in the world caring for orphaned mountain gorillas is at ...
Africa & Middle East
No Gorilla Twins Here Had Reached Six Months
On July 8, 2026, Uzima and Urithi turned six months old. No mountain ...
Africa & Middle East
Two Sets of Twins in Three Months
Twin mountain gorillas occur in fewer than one percent of births. Virunga National ...
Africa & Middle East
She Lost Twins in 2016. She Had Twins Again.
Mafuko had twins in 2016. They died a week later. On January 3, ...
Africa & Middle East
Not One Penguin Species Is Currently Doing Well
Two people from a South African conservation trust went to the world’s main ...
Africa & Middle East
Nine Years of Measuring Penguins
You cannot tell a male African penguin from a female by looking. That ...
Africa & Middle East
A Seabird Hospital Took a Minister to Court
In March 2025 a South African court set aside a government decision on ...
