Small game, big problem as poaching grows in Kenya
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Environmentalists claim a million wild animals are snared annually for their meat, bringing 50 cents a pound.
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About 3,000 villagers kill at least 10 people, including a policeman, in fresh violence in western Kenya, police say.
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CHEBILAT, Kenya  - Militiamen armed with clubs, sharpened sticks and machetes patrolled roads in Kenya's Rift Valley on Sunday, while scores of people fled ethnic attacks on their homes in heavily armed police convoys.
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International observers have been criticized for doing too little â and too much â in the wake of Kenya's flawed Dec. 27 vote, which touched off a wave of ethnic killings.
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Proposal could have ended lion trophy hunting and removed sportsmen from sustainable-use management of the species. TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 12, 2004 - Thanks to Safari Club International&#39;s six-person delegation
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A VITAL lifeline is being thrown to woodland creatures in the region threatened with extinction.  Some butterflies and moths are in severe decline, but the Forestry Commission is taking action to improve their plight.
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A closer look at what has unfolded since a deeply flawed election plunged Kenya into chaos shows that some of the bloodletting may have been premeditated and organized.
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Guardian correspondent Xan Rice says the nature of the conflict in Kenya is changing, and there is little hope of a peaceful resolution
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Lounging by the hotel pool in one of Kenya's storied nature reserves, Debbie Shillito sees one small advantage to the travel warnings issued after a presidential election here sparked violence.
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Chimpanzees living in the West African savannah have been observed fashioning deadly spears from sticks and using the tools to hunt small mammals -- the first routine production of deadly weapons ever observed in animals other than humans.
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As Kenya splits along ethnic lines and the body count spirals, desperate residents say they are turning to once-hated gangs for protection.
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Congo's police and fractious army have been accused of involvement in rampant elephant poaching that threatens to wipe them out from a world heritage site in the east of the former Zaire, a new study has warned.
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The European Union's heavy fishing off West Africa may be causing a rise in poaching of Africa's wildlife as hungry Africans seek alternative protein, a new study suggests.
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Fearful that growing pressure for development could cause the loss of vital plants and animals, biologists and conservationists are trying to rally new interest in protecting tropical forests and the keys they may hold for vital medicines.
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Bickering African countries remained deadlocked Tuesday on whether to ease an 18-year international ban on ivory sales, with opponents warning it will increase the poaching threat in places where elephants have almost disappeared.
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DNA from seized ivory could help conservationists and police identify hotspots where elephants are in particular danger from poachers.
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ONGATA RONGAI, Kenya  - A convoy of shiny, 4 x 4 vehicles roars into the pot-holed main street of a small town, kicking up dust and scattering people in their way.