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October 11, 2025

Elephant Movement Data Provides Insights Into Conservation Challenges and Successes in the Ruaha–Rungwa Landscape

Elephant Movement Data Provides Insights Into Conservation Challenges and Successes in the Ruaha–Rungwa Landscape Authors: Ramadhan Juma, Alfred Kikoti, Kristen D. Snyder, Eivin Røskaft, Peter S. Ranke, Han Olff, Alex Lobora, Godwell Ole Meing’ataki, Michael H. Kimaro ABSTRACT The African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana) is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red...

October 11, 2025

Elephant Movement Data Provides Insights Into Conservation Challenges and Successes in the Ruaha–Rungwa Landscape

Authors: Ramadhan Juma, Alfred Kikoti, Kristen D. Snyder, Eivin Røskaft, Peter S. Ranke, Han Olff, Alex Lobora, Godwell Ole Meing’ataki, Michael H. Kimaro Abstract The African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana) is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List. The Ruaha–Rungwa ecosystem supports Tanzania’s largest elephant population and remains a critical yet understudied stronghold...

September 20, 2025

Shoulder to Shoulder with Wildlife Rangers

Shoulder to Shoulder with Wildlife Rangers Today, on Wildlife Ranger Challenge Day, we take a moment to honour the extraordinary men and women who stand on the frontlines of conservation. Rangers are far more than uniformed patrols...

September 20, 2025

Shoulder to Shoulder with Wildlife Rangers

But this day is not just about competition. It is about solidarity. Every where, rangers face the same challenges and fight the same battles. Their work is a global shield against biodiversity loss and climate change threats. The Wildlife Ranger Challenge...

August 29, 2025

Tony the Anti-Poaching Dog Retires After Eight Years Protecting Wildlife

Tony the Anti-Poaching Dog Retires After Eight Years Protecting Wildlife Every hero has their time in the spotlight, and for Tony, that spotlight came not on a stage, but in the dusty tracks and thick bush of...

July 29, 2025

Together, We’re Bringing Rhinos Home

As we look ahead to next year, three eastern black rhinos, Mizi, Kisima, and Chanua, will return to their ancestral homeland in East Africa when they arrive in northwestern Tanzania’s Ikorongo-Grumeti Game Reserve (IGGR). This moment is the culmination...

July 29, 2025

Roots of Conservation: Champions in the Making

The future of wildlife begins in the classroom. There’s a powerful Swahili proverb: Mtoto umleavyo ndivyo akuavyo” “As you bring up a child, so will they become.” It’s a timeless truth, one that echoes across cultures, and one that lies at the heart...

July 29, 2025

Meet Our Newest Defender: A Four-Legged Force for Conservation

In the battle to protect endangered species like the eastern black rhino, sometimes the most powerful ally walks on four legs and wags its tail. This September, a specially trained detection and tracking dog called Mawenzi will join the Grumeti Fund’s...

July 29, 2025

Bridging Continents: Cross‑Cultural GIS Capacity Building

Bridging Continents: Cross‑Cultural GIS Capacity Building In a world where location influences everything, from climate change policies to wildlife conservation, GIS has emerged as a truly global language. From July 14 to 19, our RISE facility, in...

June 16, 2025

Towards Gender Equality

Towards Gender Equality “Empowering the girl means empowering the world.” This simple yet powerful statement has been the heartbeat of our mission for the past eight years. And in that time, we’ve reached over 15,000 secondary school girls...

May 17, 2025

Bridging the Gap: Storytelling as a Tool for Grassroots Conservation

Bridging the Gap: Storytelling as a Tool for Grassroots Conservation What good is groundbreaking research if no one can understand it? In conservation, where urgency meets complexity, the ability to clearly communicate science isn’t just a skill —...

May 14, 2025

Demographic drivers of population dynamics reveal subpopulation‐specific conservation needs for giraffes in the Serengeti Ecosystem

Demographic drivers of population dynamics reveal subpopulation‐specific conservation needs for giraffes in the Serengeti Ecosystem Authors Abstract Survival, reproduction, and movement are the key demographic parameters that drive population dynamics. Factors affecting these demographic parameters in large, long-lived,...

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