For more than a century, the world’s mission was simple: save the lion. Today, India faces a problem few countries ever imagined having. Its lions are no longer disappearing. They are expanding. Their range is growing. Their numbers are rising. And increasingly, so are their encounters with people.
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Agriculture is the main source of income for communities in rural Mpumalanga, in the north-east of South Africa. Goats and cattle graze freely across open, communal grasslands. But plastic bags, food wrappers, bottles and other plastic materials have become part of this environment. When the dry season arrives and fresh grass becomes scarce, hungry cattle…
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In 2012, South Africa began airlifting black rhinos upside down from remote terrain to expand their range; the conservation program has since helped establish 17 new populations | World News – The Times of India Welcome! to timesofindia.com TOI INDTOI USTOI GCC TOI+
When an elephant wandered out of South Africa’s Kruger National Park into the nearby village of Matsulu on 10 February 2024, hundreds of people gathered around and chased it.
CHIFENG, China, Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Envision Energy, a global leader in green technology, today announced a collaboration with Sasol, a global energy and chemicals company, to advance the design study of a potential green hydrogen system at Sasol’s Sasolburg operations in South Africa. The collaboration marks an important step in exploring how future…
A new study led by researchers at Yale University School of Public Health reveals that climate change is reshaping the geography of childhood malaria across sub-Saharan Africa, increasing the disease risk in cooler highland regions while reducing transmission in some of the continent’s hottest areas.
China’s newly unveiled Renewable Energy Development Plan for the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) is arguably the most consequential clean energy blueprint in the world today. Jointly issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration, the plan commits China to increasing renewable energy consumption to around 1.8 billion tonnes of standard…
The Lion, as iconic as it is, is not the only big cat of Africa, as this land also has the stealthy Leopard, the superfast Cheetah and the medium sized Caracal, Serval and even the rare African Golden Cat. I have had the good fortune to see and photograph all these beautiful beasts in the wild…
When conservation biologist Moreangels Mbizah arrived at a village in Zimbabwe in 2014, an unexpected tragedy forced her to face a reality about wildlife. The incident happened when a lion wandered far beyond the boundaries of Hwange National Park, which led Mbizah and her team to track down the animal. When she found the lion,…
