De-horning black rhinos is changing their behaviour

A rhino horn is worth up to £76,000 on the black market. Each rhino is effectively carrying a death sentence on its head, with an estimated 1,900 poached in the last three years across the African con

it was early december 2016 and the beginning of the hot, dry season in Kenya. I was driving with my friend, Patricia, cross-country through the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, a 36,000ha converted cattle ranch

Madikwe Game Reserve, located in the north of South Africa, on the border with Botswana, lies awake in the predawn. It is no longer night, but neither is it yet day, when the temperature will soar. It

Last Christmas, Kieran O’Brien MRCVS opened up the world of the urban horse in Victorian times. Here he describes the care of their rural counterparts

Keepers at the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia have noticed a fashion trend spreading among groups of chimpanzees living there – sticking strands of grass in their ears or rectums, and just le

H&H news editor Eleanor Jones recaps this year’s big stories, and assesses what lies ahead in 2026