RhODIS, the rhino DNA indexing system developed in South Africa to help investigate illegal horn trafficking, is to be used in India to help prevent poaching of greater one-horned rhinos. Dr Cindy Harper, director of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Genetics Laboratory...

The economic importance of rhinos to South Africa’s tourist industry has been underlined in new research which has found the threatened animals have become a bigger tourist draw in Kruger National Park, with more people prepared to pay to see...

At last we’ve finished processing the images from our recent South Africa trip. We’ve been going as fast as possible, while at the same time marketing pictures, pitching feature ideas and ensuring existing deadlines are met (not to mention exploiting...

Most people have probably heard of Kruger Park in South Africa – it’s vast, diverse and most definitely on the tourist map. But there are 19 more reserves in this sunny country’s excellent network of national parks – some big,...

We’re just getting ready to hit the road again – racing to finish late feature articles, tidying up loose ends in the office, processing last minute pictures and dragging down our ‘Africa’ crate from the shelf in the hall cupboard...

The campaign to legalise trade in rhino horn as a potential solution to the poaching epidemic has gained a lot of traction in recent months, most recently with a paper written by leading environmental scientists in the journal Science calling...

Meet Sekora Gunikhwe, rhino whisperer. Sekora’s rather extraordinary job is to get to know six very special white rhino, to understand their individual behavioural quirks, and to familiarise the animals with his presence. To do this he chats quietly to...

Vincent Barkas is stooped over the ground in front of his office. He’s adding yet another white cross to the many rows of white crosses that mark the loss of every rhino killed in South Africa’s current poaching epidemic. The...

It’s not a record to brag about: the number of rhinos poached in South Africa so far this year has now overtaken last year’s figure of 448. Official government stats, released on October 16, show 455 rhinos poached. That figure...

They may have wet noses and waggy tails, but don’t underestimate the latest recruits to South Africa’s war on rhino poachers. Foxhounds Chico, Jetta and Kombi are nearing the end of rigorous training and will soon be deployed as part...