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Scaling coexistence across East Africa
A middle-aged woman stood beside sacks of freshly harvested maize, more than she could ever remember harvesting in recent years.
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Turning uncertainty into purpose
When Yvonne Seline Ekesa received her university admission letter to study Conservation Biology at Kenyatta University, her first reaction… confusion.
An introduction with dung
Hi, I’m Viraj, the new STE intern! I am currently on a gap year having deferred my entry to Brown University, USA, where I hope to major in Environmental Science. I have had a phenomenal gap year with a number of unique experiences, but nothing...
The Rich, Red, Broiling, Rolling Ewaso Ng’iro River – Gabriella Russell
The one piece of advice my dad gave me before I left for Kenya was “don’t go swimming”. As if I was planning on doing that… But life in camp is unpredictable… When the river flooded in 2011 the water ripped away the recently repaired...
How to name an elephant
Naming an elephant is no easy business. Each one has a specific ID number, telling you their ancestry and their year of birth, but it is their individual names that are particularly memorable and occasionally amusing. The Spice Girls and Spices...
An Unforgiving Start
My first day with ‘Save the Elephants’ was spent finding my way around camp and meeting the team. I soon found a point of agreement with many of the guys in that Cristiano Ronaldo was overrated and English football is better off without him!...
A view from our tent
I mentioned in my first blog that we had an elephant visitor during my first night on camp. Since then I have met many more of our resident animals and often you don’t even have to leave the tent to be treated to a miniature safari. Last night...
New STE Intern-Gabriella Russell
I’m Gabriella, one of the new interns at the STE research camp in Samburu. I’ve just finished my second year at university, studying natural sciences and I’m looking forward to spending the next two months here in the African...
First Impressions
So this is my first blog as a new intern at Save the Elephants research camp in Samburu! My name’s Rebecca and last year I graduated with a degree in Zoology from the University of Sheffield. During my studies I had a keen interest in animal...
Elephants in the White House
To save elephants we need to stop killing, stop trading and ultimately stop demand for ivory. No single individual, organisation or even government can do this on its own. That’s why Save the Elephants has been advocating a global coalition on the...
Saving Elephants and Walking with Jim
Last Saturday Jim Nyamu, director of the Elephant Neighbours Centre and a comrade in arms at the Kenya Elephant Forum finished walking 1500km to raise awareness about the plight of elephants. On his 50-day journey from Nairobi to the Maasai...
Bridging the gap
Ni Hao! My name is GAO Yufang. I am a Chinese graduate student from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Currently I am doing fieldwork in Kenya for my master’s research project which looks into the highly contentious...