Nigeria is a hub for wildlife poachers, and pangolins are most at risk. Their meat and scales can fetch large sums on the black market. DW's Olisa Chukwumah went to find out more from conservationists ...

The Hadejia Wetlands National Park in northwestern Nigeria is a vital ecological treasure, designated as both a globally important wetland (Ramsar site) and an Important Bird Area, a site recognized ...

LAGOS — Nigeria has for years failed to hold wildlife traffickers and poachers accountable for their crimes, despite federal and state laws that criminalize the killing and trading of protected ...

Nigeria’s efforts to shake its reputation as a wildlife trafficking hub have had laudable results, said Crawford Allan, a wildlife crime and policy expert at the World Wildlife Fund.

Nigeria has burned four tonnes of seized pangolin scales, valued at $1.4 million, the first time it has publicly destroyed seized wildlife products to discourage illegal trafficking, officials said.

Nigeria will investigate the killing of endangered wildlife after a video posted on social media showed a soldier killing two elephants in the northeastern Borno state, the environment minister ...

In the eastern forests of Finland, a creature rarely seen made multiple appearances in front of a wildlife photographer. K8 via Unsplash When elusive creatures live in remote regions of the world ...

A Zookeeper was "mauled" to death by a lion in a wildlife park in Nigeria after failing to secure the safety locks on the wild animal's enclosure during feeding time.

Urban wildlife is spotlighted in this year’s award, with a streetwise fox, a roadside swan and scavenging pigeons among the winning images.

Nigeria’s rangers are more than just guardians of the nation’s rich biodiversity—they are frontline defenders in a battle against illegal wildlife trade, habitat destruction, and poaching.

Nigeria’s Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Bill, 2024, has passed its third and final reading in the House of Representatives. The legislation, designed to tackle wildlife ...

Due to Nigeria's porous borders, corruption, transport links to Asia, and poor law enforcement, wildlife traffickers have made the country a key exit point for wildlife trade from Africa to Asia.