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As a young boy herding goats in the town of Oldonyiro in Laikipia County, Moses Wakile once walked into a church and prayed for one thing: the chance to go to school.
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For four days in the first week of September, the skies above the coastal forests of north-eastern Kenya, in Lamu County, were unusually busy.
With the wet season in full swing with recurrent thunderstorms passing through the Samburu area in the late afternoon, the short virgin grass of just a few weeks ago has matured into long stems. Elephants have come to Samburu in large numbers,...
Long-term monitoring projects like the one Dr. George Wittemyer started here at Save the Elephants are quite simply invaluable. If science is a search for truth, then scientists ought to strive for a representative picture. Overarching patterns are...
It is now mid-April, and aside from the previous dry weekend, the rain has finally maintained a steady presence. The rain has come primarily in the form of storms, but the landscape has also been blessed by several periods of continuous rain...
In the West, we are very goal oriented. We know where we want to go, and we are very directed in getting there. This may be useful, but we often forget to enjoy ourselves along the route. -Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace is Every Step [caption...
It has already been 4 days since I arrived at the Save The Elephants research camp located in the Samburu National Reserve by the side of the wild Ewaso Ng’iro river. With almost daily outings for elephant long term monitoring and mammal censuses...
It has been three weeks now since I joined the Save the Elephants team as an intern. I was intrigued by joining a team of conservationists who work beyond limits to ensure the harmony between humans and elephants. Since then, there have been a...
For days clouds had collected – white puffs smattering the sky, some congregating around the peak of Mt. Kenya in the distance and piling high into thunderheads that might be delivering much-needed rains in far off territories. While the clouds...
“That’s nature, Jen. It’s supposed to happen that way sometimes.” These words from my father still echo in my mind, as I heard them many times. While playing outside, I would find an injured mouse, a baby bird fallen from its nest, a barely...
What would it be like to smell with your hand? Or to manipulate and interact and bring food to your mouth with your nose? Well, were elephants to ponder like humans, perhaps they would marvel at the strangeness of prehensile thumbs and extended...
With my time at Save the Elephants drawing to a close, I can only thank everyone who has made my experience better than I could ever have possibly imagined. It has been a privilege to work amongst such dedicated people and to witness the efforts on...
