NIOKOLO-KOBA NATIONAL PARK, Senegal (AP) — The morning sun slants through the canopy of Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park as Sgt. Abdou Diouf and his brigade of rangers march in single file, guns ...

Or, for that matter, Belgium, thought Belgian ecologist Cédric Vermeulen as he watched recent video footage of patas monkeys, ...

For decades, the giant pangolin (Smutsia gigantea) has been recognized as locally extinct throughout the country of Senegal. However, at 1:37 a.m. on March 8, 2023, a trail camera in the country’s ...

Niokolo-Koba National Park (PNNK) in Senegal has long been a haven for some of West Africa's most-elusive wildlife. Yet among them, one creature has remained almost mythical—an elephant so rarely seen ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Overfishing by foreign vessels is decimating fish stocks in the West African country of Senegal, which is in turn fueling migration to Spain, according to a report released ...

Niokolo-Koba National Park is the last sanctuary in Senegal for lions, which are critically endangered in West Africa. Early in the morning park director Paul Diedhiou looks on as a group of armed ...

On 25 August 2025, the College of African Wildlife Management (MWEKA) in Tanzania and UNESCO officially launched a ...