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Dr Robert Aruho stands smiling in a green field shirt with his hands clasped, in front of thick green bush, while two mountain bongos graze on the grass behind him.

Africa & Middle East

The IUCN’s Antelope Group Adds a Co-Chair From Nanyuki

There are more mountain bongos living in zoos than there are in the ...

A mountain bongo bull stands in dense green forest looking straight at the camera, his deep chestnut coat marked with narrow white stripes, long spiralling horns rising above his head and a pale chevron between his eyes.

Africa & Middle East

Kenya’s Mountain Bongo Plan Leans on Zoo-Bred Herds

Kenya has a new plan to save its rarest large mammal, and the ...

A small brown newt speckled with gold stands in shallow water facing the camera, its large dark eyes reflected on the surface below.

Conservation Projects

Chester Sent 32 Newts to a Stream It Will Not Name

Chester Zoo has released 32 Montseny brook newts into a mountain stream in ...