Yesterday we published an interview with Simon Naylor, reserve manager at Phinda private game reserve in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, revealing the full impact of poaching on the reserve’s rhinos, finances and staff.  Today we publish his report of a...

How bad is the rhino poaching in Africa right now and how big a toll is the deadly horn trade taking on those battling to save them day in, day out? Reserve manager Simon Naylor of Phinda  game reserve in South...

For around two and a half years now, we’ve tried to keep a focus on what’s happening with the poaching of African rhinos via this awareness raising campaign. As a result we’ve become fairly well versed in the wide-ranging and...

Just back from our latest trip to the bush. This time we weren’t in our usual ‘comfort zone’ (Southern Africa’s more arid regions) but the dark, damp, steamy, stunning but, at times, pretty alien jungle of Thailand’s Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai...

Last week we were welcomed into Glasgow Museums Resource Centre in Scotland on an unusual mission. We were there to photograph staff taking DNA samples of rhino horn from stuffed animals to help in the fight against rhino horn thefts...

An online antiques dealer was today fined NZ$12,000 (£6,300) by a New Zealand court for illegally trading in ivory. Jiezhen Jiang was caught after customs officers intercepted two parcels containing ivory in the mail. Other ivory artefacts were found at...

A ground-breaking rhino DNA database being used to dramatically improve prosecution of poachers and horn traffickers may be extended to help fight the illegal trade in body parts of lions and other African species. The RhoDIS database created by the...

The offices and laboratories may be shiny and modern, but CSI Miami it ain’t. On a damp, grey Scottish morning, the SASA complex on the western fringes of Edinburgh feels a million miles away from Florida’s steamy tropical surroundings. A...