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Flying into Windhoek, the capital of the southern African nation of Namibia, is like landing in a nature reserve. Located high on a central plateau, with the Auas Mountains serving as a backdrop, it ...

Already, the resilience of Namibia’s community-based conservation model and the iconic wildlife it protects have been tested during a brutal 11-year dry spell that finally broke last year. The ...

Water holes are the lifeblood for wildlife across much of eastern and southern Africa during the dry season. This is especially true in Namibia, where arid savannah grasslands and the Namib Desert ...

Imagine the U.S. government saying to the people living around Yellowstone, "You know what? All those wild animals in the park — the grizzlies, the bison, the wolves — they belong to you." This is ...

Typical scenes on an average day in Namibia's Etosha National Park, which is home to rare black rhinos and the world's largest population of cheetahs and where a single photo frame captures multiple ...

In Namibia’s Etosha National Park, microbes inside elephants and giraffes reveal how wildlife and ecosystems adapt after ...

South African photographer Wim van den Heever has received this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for his image ...

The effectiveness of community-based conservation (CBC) compared to government-led efforts in wildlife protection is a ...

WINDHOEK (Reuters) -Wildfires have destroyed about a third of Namibia's Etosha National Park, a roughly 20,000 ...