Don Pinnock

Dr Michael “Gus” Mills, one of Africa's most respected carnivore scientists and one of the great field naturalists of his generation, died on 12 July after suffering from cancer.

Opinion - Dr Michael "Gus" Mills, one of Africa's most respected carnivore scientists and one of the great field naturalists of his generation, died on 12 July after suffering from cancer. His death removes from the continent a rare combination of rigorous scientist, patient observer, practical conservationist and gifted storyteller.

After three-and-a-half years, 389 camera traps and 5.2 million images, researchers found a wild population much smaller, more fragmented and more exposed than anyone had assumed.

After three-and-a-half years, 389 camera traps and 5.2 million images, researchers found a wild population much smaller, more fragmented and more exposed than anyone had assumed.…

New draft guidelines promise a more orderly and humane response to animals that damage livestock and crops. But they have been stripped of legal force, ignore animal well-being and are far more reacti…

New draft guidelines promise a more orderly and humane response to animals that damage livestock and crops.

As climate disruption, vanishing wildlife and war shrink our sense of what lies ahead, environmental futurist Nicholas King has asked a radical question: what if we stopped rehearsing catastrophe and …

A Western Cape high court order has temporarily restricted the arsenal that may be used to manage Betty's Bay's baboons.

A Western Cape high court order has temporarily restricted the arsenal that may be used to manage Betty’s Bay’s baboons. It’s not a final judgment, but for animal rights group the EMS Foundation it is…

For many decades, my family have carried a treasured copy of the Tao Te Ching from home to home, town to town and even country to country. Re-reading it the other day, I discovered something I’d overl…