- Bird of the Week
The Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher is an insectivorous, arboreal species with a beautiful incipient crest. It is an active bird, gleaning its prey in mid-storey lowlands, Continue Reading → - Junonia sophia (The Little Commodore)
This Butterfly is found almost throughout Nigerian forests especially in disturbed forest areas. It is the smallest of the Junonia genus. This is one of Continue Reading → - Bird of The Week 11th to 17th
The Western Nicator is a large skulking bird species belonging to the family Nicatoridae, found in dense shrubbery savannah, rain and riparian forests across Western Continue Reading → - Kallimoides rumia (The African Leaf Butterfly)
This is a common forest butterfly found along tracks, forest edges, and small clearings but normally in the deep forests. This particular one was photographed Continue Reading → - Wildlife Trade in Nigeria: A tale of broken Chain
It was the third time I would see the man hawking parrots, sometimes parakeets in traffic at Bodija market, Ibadan, Nigeria. I was opportune to speak with him that day. I asked how he gets the birds; he said he buys them too. I asked him where, he looked at me and asked if I was interested in buying or making enquiries. I told him I wanted to make enquiry, I should not have said that because he lost interest in answering me as he proceeded to advertise ‘his goods’, could you imagine, our Wildlife! Continue Reading → - Bird of the Week – Green-Hylia
Bird of the Week (4th – 10th JANUARY, 2020) – Photo Credit – Adeyinka Mary Green Hylia Hylia prasina belongs to the avian family Hyliidae. Continue Reading → - Papilio cyproeofila (Common White-Banded Swallowtail)
Walking carefully into Erin camp of Omo forest reserve, one is likely to be welcomed by the Common White-Banded Swallowtail. This is a forest butterfly Continue Reading → - Holiday Edition Quiz – General Ecology
- Euphaedra proserpina (The Splendid Ceres Forester)
Euphaedra are mainly forest butterflies although a few do well in degraded areas with a full canopy. The Splendid Ceres Forester are from southern Nigeria Continue Reading → - Black Rhinoceros
Scientific name: Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) IUCN Status: Critically Endangered listed by IUCN in 1996 and reassess in 2020 (Emslie and Adcock, 2016). Population: Estimated Continue Reading → - Big Cats – Quiz Series
- Lilac Beauty – Butterflies of Nigeria
I am happy to present this great example of butterfly camouflage in West Africa. This is Salamis cacta (Lilac beauty). This butterfly is really mistaken Continue Reading → - Cameroon Wolterstorff Toad
Scientific name: Wolterstorffina parvipalmata (Werner, 1898) IUCN Status: Critically Endangered listed by IUCN in 2019 Population: insufficient data: decreasing population (IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. Continue Reading → - Aquatic Ecosystem
- Thank you
Happy Thanksgiving! I’m writing to send my deepest and most sincere thanks your way For Your belief in Our Mission to help Wildlife and our Continue Reading → - White-thighed Colobus – Extinction Realities
Common names: Ursine Colobus or White and black Colobus Scientific name: Colobus vellerosus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1834) IUCN Status: Critically Endangered listed by IUCN in Continue Reading → - UPDATE ON WASTCON PROGRAM IN LOME
It was a good one with a take-home note to all sea turtles researchers, that Fishermen should rather be your friend than enemy regardless of Continue Reading → - Waste Management Quiz
You may wish to Login or Create a Free Account before you answer the Quiz, so we can know who you are and acknowledge as Continue Reading → - HUMPBACK DOLPHIN
Scientific name: Sousa teuszii (KÜkenthal, 1892) IUCN Status: Critically endangered as listed by IUNC 2017 Geographical range: Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea (Conakry), Togo, Continue Reading → - Forest Glade Nymph – Butterflies of Nigeria
Meet Aterica galena this Monday. It is commonly called Forest Glade Nymph. This is a common forest butterfly that adapts well to disturbed forest areas. Continue Reading → - Brilliant Nymph – Butterflies of Nigeria
This beautiful Monday, meet Cynandra opis commonly called Brilliant Nymph. Its habitat includes most forest types and it does relatively well in disturbed areas, provided a Continue Reading → - NUBIAN FLAPSHELL TURTLE
Scientific name: Cyclanorbis elegans (Gray, 1869) IUCN Status: Critically endangered as listed by IUNC 2016 Geographical location: Ghana, northern Togo, Central Nigeria (i.e. Lokoja), Niger Continue Reading → - ENDANGERED SPECIES LAWS IN NIGERIA
Endangered species are animals or plants that are more likely to become extinct in the near future, if their population continues to drop due to various threat on such Continue Reading → - Forest-Mother-of-Pearl – Butterflies of Nigeria
Happy Monday from Forest-Mother-of-Pearl (Protogoniomorpha parhassus), a common forest butterfly and yet one of the most spectacular in Africa (Larsen, 2005). This particular one was photographed Continue Reading → - SCHEELI KILLIFISH
Scientific name: Fundulopanchax scheeli IUCN Status: Critically endangered as listed by IUNC 2019 Geographical location: Endemic in Nigeria; They are distributed at the lower Cross Continue Reading → - Black Bush Brown – Butterflies of Nigeria
Meet majestic Bicyclus martius sanaos commonly called Black bush brown. This is a common forest butterfly. Males usually come out into sunshine along forest paths Continue Reading → - NIGER DELTA RED COLOBUS
FACTS They were first discovered by Powell in 1993 according to Oates. (1994) in the Niger Delta region. They have a close relatives; Preuss’s Continue Reading → - Dancing Acraea – Butterflies of Nigeria
Happy Monday! Meet Acraea serena commonly called the Dancing Acraea. This is one of the most common butterflies flying disturbed areas of the forest zone. Continue Reading → - SUBSCRIBE TO OUR POSTS
- Dark Blue Pansy – Butterflies of Nigeria
Our butterfly this week is Junonia oenone commonly called Dark Blue Pansy. This butterfly was originally a savannah butterfly but now common in cleared areas Continue Reading → - Upside down fish – Extinction Realities
Common name: UPSIDE DOWN CATFISH Scientific name: Synodontis guttatus (Gunther, 1865) IUCN Status: Critically endangered as listed by IUNC 2019, Species population are unknown Continue Reading → - Mallow Skipper – Butterflies of Nigeria
We hope you had a nice weekend. Meet Gomalia elma commonly called Mallow Skipper, they are widespread in dry zone areas. Sexes are similar but Continue Reading → - World Cleanup Day. Sept 19, 2020 – Live Webinar
Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar.When: Sep 19, 2020, 05:00 PM West Central AfricaTopics: 1. What is Waste? 2. Waste Management; a Continue Reading → - Slender-snouted Crocodile (West Africa Crocodile) – Extinction Realities
FACTS They are once classified in the Genus Crocodylus (Crocodylus cataphractus), until MeAliley et al., (2000), reported that, they are different species and should be Continue Reading → - Calypso Caper – Butterflies of Nigeria
Belenois calypso commonly called Calypso Caper White can be found in open areas, around forests on its host plants such as Cadabam and Capparis. The Continue Reading → - World Clean up Day, 2020YOU ARE INVITED – SEPTEMBER 19TH.
- Papilio demodocus – Butterflies of Nigeria by Epkah Ojonogua
Papilio demodocus is saying happy Monday! There are 19 (species) of them in West Africa but only 5 have tails on their hindwing. This particular Continue Reading → - SCIMITAR ORYX – Extinction Realities by Akintayo Ololade
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Oryx dammah (Cretzschmar 1826) IUCN STATUS: Extinct in the wild. POPULATION: Reported to have being extinct in the wild in the 80s (Gordon Continue Reading → - WildPedia – CITES Turtle Identification Guide
- Sophus forester – Butterflies of Nigeria by Ekpah Ojonugwa
Bebaeria sophus (Sophus forester). This butterfly is found in all types of forests and relatively tolerant of habitat degradation. Both sexes usually frequent forest paths. Continue Reading → - CROSS-RIVER GORILLA (CRG) – Extinction Realities by Akintayo Ololade
Scientific name: Gorilla gorilla diehli (Matschic 1904) IUCN Status: Critically Endangered. Population: About 200-300 spp in the wild (worldwildlife.com). Environment: Cross-river watershed (Nigeria), Bioko Island Continue Reading → - Omo Forester – Butterflies of Nigeria by Ekpah Ojonugwa
This is Bebearia omo (Omo forester). It was first discovered in Omo forest reserve, Nigeria by R. Warren. Hence, was named after the Omo forest Continue Reading → - Extinction Realities – Introduction by Akintayo Ololade
HELLO WILDLIFE LOVERS, As a Team Member of the Wildlife of Africa Conservation Initiative (WACI), I have volunteered to take us through the lives, biology, Continue Reading → - Butterflies of Nigeria – Yellow Glider by Ekpah Ojonugwa
Remember the very yellow butterfly, Common Yellow Glider? This is female Cymothoe egesta, she is dark-brown instead of the yellowish colour in males. She is Continue Reading → - World Nature Day 2020, Celebrating Lagos Lagoon by Adenike
#CleanLagosLagoon I had a brief chat recently with a fisherman about his fishing activities in the Lagos lagoon and he said to me ‘I catch Continue Reading → - Butterflies of Nigeria – Brush-Footed Butterflies by Ekpah Ojonugwa
Happy Monday from Acraea quirinalis. They are called brush-footed butterflies or four-footed butterflies, because they are known to stand on only four legs while the Continue Reading → - Butterflies of Nigeria – Striped Glider by Ekpah Ojonugwa
Here is a female of Cymothoe oemilius (striped glider) sighted at Oban Division of the Cross River National park, Nigeria. Males are known to mud-puddle; Continue Reading → - LLW CITIZEN ACTION RESPONDENT; Olajide
Olajide is a fearless water warrior in Surulere, Lagos. He is one of our LLW citizen action respondents. We are working with him for a Continue Reading → - Butterflies of Nigeria – Violet-banded palla by Ekpah Ojonugwa
Despite the nuisance of sweat bees at the Mango river of the Oban division of the cross River national park, we managed to photograph a Continue Reading → - LLW Citizen’s Action Respondent; Francis
Francis is one our Lagos Lagoon WaterKeeper citizen action respondents. We are glad to attract great minds like Francis. He has done clean-ups on several occasions in Continue Reading → - JOB OPPORTUNITY
WACI/LLW Public Liaison Director – Position Filled Now. Wildlife of Africa Conservation Initiative (WACI) announces the position of a Public Liaison Director to assume the Continue Reading → - LLW Citizens Action Preliminary Report
The Preliminary result of the survey being carried out (still in progress till May 2021) by Lagos Lagoon Waterkeeper citizen action in commemoration of the Continue Reading → - Butterflies Of Nigeria by Ekpah Ojonugwa
Presenting to you this Monday, Soldier Commodore (Junonia terea terea). This butterfly is one of the 4 subspecies of Junonia terea and can be found Continue Reading → - SAVE THE OCEAN by Adenike Adeiga
The value of having well-managed waterways cannot be overemphasized especially in a developing country like Nigeria. Nigeria is blessed with a vast body of water Continue Reading → - U-Recycle Initiative by Moejoh Oluwaseyi Peace
We are happy to announce that Lagos Lagoon Waterkeeper (through its umbrella organization, Wildlife of Africa Conservation Initiative) is funding, guiding, and providing technical and Continue Reading → - REPORT ON ELEPHANT DEATH EXPEDITION TO IDANRE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA
On this #WorldElephantDay 2018, we have decided to release a report of our Visit to Idanre, Ondo State, Nigeria following a public outcry on the Continue Reading → - World Elephant Day 2018: An Urgent Call to Protect Nigeria’s Elephants by ‘Seyifunmi Adebote (Abuja, Nigeria)
“Are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant, except in a picture book?” – Sir David Attenborough. Continue Reading → - World Lion Day 2018 by Joshua Aribasoye
#WorldLionDay aims to raise awareness of the majestic hunter, the ultimate cat, the king of the jungle and a symbol of Africa’s Heritage. It’s all Continue Reading → - World Ranger Day 2018: Are The Poachers Winning? by ‘Seyifunmi Adebote
A number of patriots die unrewarded in Nigeria, as well as, in other countries. In some cases, no names or record are made public by Continue Reading → - Thank You Nature 2018 (Registration Form)
Join Wildlife of Africa Conservation Initiative on Saturday, July 28th, 2018, to celebrate #WorldNatureConservationDay as Adebote Oluwaseyifunmi hosts the 2nd Edition of our #ThankYouNature at Continue Reading → - Beat Plastic Pollution
World Environment Day is the United Nation’s most important day for encouraging every individual about the importance of healthy environment and promoting worldwide awareness action Continue Reading → - CONSERVATION BEING THE “CUTTING EDGE” OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
A wake up call to our distinguished lawmakers in the various tier of governance especially those saddled with the onerous responsibilities to chart our nation’s Continue Reading → - Threat to Wildlife and Probable Solution
THREAT TO WILDLIFE AND PROBABLE SOLUTION BY GBENGA OLANIYAN Wildlife faces numerous threats, especially from humans. They are around us and they deserve the right Continue Reading → - “A TALE OF ‘A CALLING’, ‘FAITH’ AND ‘FATE’ TO SELF DISCOVERY”
It all started with an Owl that fell on my laps in my University days at Olabisi Onabanjo University and came to maturity and fruition Continue Reading → - The monkey story
I should be where, The roots are thick, Where the leaves rustle, And the trees form a canopy. I should be where, The birds’ tweet, Continue Reading → - MY THOUGHTS ON SDGs 14 and 15
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – also known as the Global Goals for Sustainable Development – are a collection of 17 global goals set by the United Nations. Continue Reading → - Global March for Elephants Rhinos March Report 2017From #Akure to #IjebuOde from October 4 – October 7 we held a 4-day long advocacy for Elephants, Rhinos, Lions, Sea Turtles and other Endangered Species during the World Animal Day Continue Reading →
- Community Engagement for Sea Turtles and Clean Lagos Lagoon
Lagos lagoon is a major water body in the Lagos metropolis which impacts significantly on the lives of the Lagosians enormously. It is used primarily for Continue Reading → - EVENT TICKETS[tt-event url=’https://www.tickettailor.com/all-tickets/42466/afe6/ref/website_widget/’ minimal=’false’ bg_fill=’true’ show_logo=’true’ ]
- Sea Turtle Exhibition Education
Wildlife of Africa Conservation Initiative Sea Turtle Exhibition Education is designed for School Children of Primary and Secondary School age. Our team would like to come Continue Reading → - Wildlife Conservation Film Festival
Wildlife of Africa Conservation Initiative (WACI) is in an exclusive, partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival Inc. (WCFF – only Film Festival dedicated to Wildlife in Continue Reading → - Facility Tour of VisionScape Epe Eco Park (Landfill Site)Lagos Lagoon Waterkeeper posted photos from a facility tour of the landfill and Ecopark in Epe where there is a concern for a waterbody that Continue Reading →
- Project Ariyike
On October 13, 2017, Wildlife of Africa Conservation Initiative started Project Ariyike: a Sea Turtle Nesting Monitoring, Protection and Conservation work and Community Engagement in Continue Reading →
Wildlife of Africa Conservation Initiative
A Special Wildlife Conservation, Research, Education, and Rescue Initiative