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African Lions on the Brink: A Conversation with Lion Expert Craig Packer
Is the sun setting for lions and other iconic wildlife species in Africa? This lioness is one of a fast-dwindling number of African lions. (Photograph: Craig Packer) With roars that rend the African...
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Wild Snow Leopard Prey Recovers Thanks to Reserve
Post submitted by Matt Fiechter, Snow Leopard Trust 18 years ago, we established our first grazing-free village reserve for wild snow leopard prey in partnership with the community of Kibber, India....
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Christmas Cubs for a Happy New Year
News from the Field from Pride in Our Prides Lion Program in Botswana by Florian J Weise – Pride in Our Prides, CLAWS Conservancy It is still dark as our vehicle rattles down the dirt track. Dust...
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Video cameras provide first documentation of Sunda clouded leopard...
Post submitted by Max Allen – University of Wisconsin, Madison Sunda clouded leopards (Neofelis diardi) are a threatened species that is shrouded in mystery. Most solitary felids are renowned for being...
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Into the Heart of the Jungle: Tracking the Black Panthers of Malaysia
Black panthers are more common south of Malaysia’s Isthmus of Kra than anywhere else in the world. (Photograph: Rimba) Everybody knew Bagheera, and nobody dared to cross his path; for he was as cunning...
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Rescuing a Fierce Leopard: See What It Takes
What would you do if you came face-to-face with a 175 pound, agitated leopard? If you’re conservation power-couple Marlice and Rudie van Vuuren, you’ve been on the receiving end of such a scenario...
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Carnivore Conservation: Preserving Africa’s Disappearing Lion Population
National Geographic sat down to talk with 2016 Emerging Explorer and conservationist Thandiwe Mweetwa about dedicating her life to preserving Africa’s disappearing lion population. Having grown up in a...
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Holding the line for lions in Mozambique
Post submitted by Shane O’Neal “I think she’s dead.” Dr. Stuart Pimm made the grim diagnosis as our helicopter descended toward the site where the lion’s tracking collar said it should be. Paola...
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When Lions Attack People: A Case in Gunotsoga Village, Botswana
Post Submitted by Andrew Stein. Stein is a repeated Big Cats Initiative Grantee, as well as the founder and director of CLAWS. Too often in conservation we are squarely focused on protecting wild...
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Pride in our Prides: Cutting-Edge Technology Protects Lions, Livestock and...
Post submitted by Barbara Cozzens In the mid-morning hours of May 2016, a dominant male lion named “Nduraghumbo” ambles through Botswana’s cattle-trodden grasses, unaware he has just crossed an...
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Cheetah Matchmaking: Helping Big Cats Find a Mate
You may not have had “cheetah matchmaker” featured at your high school career fair, but that’s just what Vincent van der Merwe’s business card may as well read. But trying to repopulate the highly...
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Chobe lions: A Transboundary Conundrum
Post submitted by Lise Hanssen, Project Coordinator of Kwando Carnivore Project. Photo (above) by Luke Dollar Corridors, connectivity, dispersal, tolerance, land-use, mosaic, communities – these are...
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Population Effects From Snared Lion Rescues
Post submitted by Zamiban Carnivore Programme. Photo by Luke Dollar Zambia shares borders with eight countries, and nearly 40% of its land is managed for wildlife. There are large tracts of unfenced...
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Where Have Zimbabwe’s Cheetahs Gone?
Post submitted by Alex Rudee Esther van der Meer looks right at home amid all the five-star luxuries of the Victoria Falls Hotel. As she relaxes in a wicker chair on the red-brick porch of the famous...
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KopeLion: protecting wild lions for future generations
Post submitted by Rose Hinson and James MacCarthy While out exploring the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania, Ingela and Stuart came across something quite extraordinary. They found all the signs...
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Big Cats on Camera
Big cats are magnificent, powerful creatures, with incredible stealth and hunting prowess. Their populations are in decline worldwide, caused by habitat loss and conflict with humans. The more we know...
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Tiger Cubs: A Sign of Hope in Thailand
By Chris Hallam MSc Monitoring Advisor Every success in the conservation world is worth celebrating—no matter what species, location or size of impact. But some feel more significant than others… and...
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Exploring the use of five types of puma vocalizations
Post submitted by Max Allen – University of Wisconsin A male puma growling (photo by Max Allen) Communication is an important component of animal behavior, but is difficult to study in the wild. This...
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Are we coming or going? Stakeholder engagement in the four corners
Post submitted by Lise Hanssen, Project Coordinator of Kwando Carnivore Project If there was checklist for setting up a lion conflict mitigation project in rural Namibia (or anywhere else I would...
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Smartphones and drones launch ConservationFIT on the International Day for...
Submitted by Zoe Jewell and Sky Alibhai of ConservationFIT Today, May 22, is the 2017 International Day for Biological Diversity. In the beautifully-phrased words of E.O. Wilson, world-renowned...
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