Monitoring Zakouma Lions

This year I’m working at an in-depth assessment of the lion population of Zakouma National Park. We are monitoring the lions through camera trapping, GPS collaring and individual identification to assess the challenges that the Read More …

Jurassic Park science to save the Northern White Rhinos

Two days ago Sudan, the last male northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) died of complications due to old age, leaving only two females to represent this subspecies, his daughter Najin and granddaughter Fatu. Even Read More …

Anti-Poaching in Zakouma

There are 520 elephants roaming Zakouma and the surrounding grounds according to the last estimate. Their numbers have been significantly increasing in the recent years, after security measures have been increased. In the early 2000s Read More …