Skip to content

News & Stories

News

Record Number of Wildlife Ranger Teams in WRC24

On Saturday 21st September 2024, over 150 African Wildlife Ranger teams took part in the Wildlife Ranger Challenge (WRC), a 21 km (half-marathon) race across protected areas in 18 African countries, to raise vital funds for and awareness of the Wildlife Ranger profession.

24th September 2024
News

World Elephant Day with Tsavo Trust

Tusk supports a number of initiatives focused on protecting elephant populations, including the work of Tsavo Trust in Tsavo Conservation Area, south-east Kenya. To celebrate World Elephant Day, we talked to Tusk's partners, Tsavo Trust, about their work across the Tsavo Conservation Area (TCA), 'Super Tuskers' and emerging tuskers.

12th August 2024
News

Generation Tusk Summer Party

On the 25th July, Generation Tusk hosted their inaugural Summer Party in London – and what a party it turned out to be!

8th August 2024
News

The Lewa Safari Marathon 25th Anniversary

The countdown has begun for the 25th anniversary of the Lewa Safari Marathon which will be taking place on Saturday 29th June 2024.

19th June 2024
News

Over £55,000 Raised for Africa’s Guardians of the Forest!

Africa is the third largest continent for global forest coverage, after Europe and South America. The forests are a critical ecosystem for people and wildlife, and full of rich biodiversity. Tusk chose to highlight the importance of Africa’s Forests in this year’s Big Give Green Match Fund.

26th April 2024
News

Tusk London Marathon Runners Smash It!

This year, Tusk had a record number of people running the London Marathon and supporting African-driven conservation.

22nd April 2024
News

Tusk Receives Landmark Cryptocurrency Donation in Support of Collaborative Conservation

Tusk has received the largest non-cash asset donation in our organisation’s history. The $470,000 (6.565 BTC) donation supported, among other things, the cost of bringing together 50 leading conservationists from across Africa to forge collaboration at the Tusk Conservation Symposium.

10th April 2024
News

Evolution in African Conservation: Tusk Conservation Symposium 2024

Last week, 50 representatives from Tusk-supported projects across 19 African countries joined together in Rwanda for the fourth Tusk Conservation Symposium. This initiative, designed to foster collaboration between leading conservationists was generously sponsored by Nick Maughan Foundation and JRS Biodiversity Foundation.

12th March 2024
News

Tusk Conservation Awards 2024 Welcomes Two New Judges

We are pleased to announce that two new judges will be joining our esteemed judging panel for the Tusk Conservation Awards 2024.

23rd February 2024
News

The Search For Africa’s Most Inspirational Conservationists

Nominations are now open for the 2024 Tusk Conservation Awards. Now in their 12th year, we are on the lookout to find the next round of inspirational biodiversity defenders...

1st February 2024
News

BlueTusk cross the finish line in the Atlantic Ocean’s toughest row

After just over 5 weeks at sea, the BlueTusk trio have completed the world's toughest Atlantic row, raising funds for Tusk and the Blue Marine Foundation along the way.

21st January 2024
News

Tusk mourns the death of Pierre-André Mourgue D’Algue

We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Pierre-André Mourgue D’Algue after a long and brave battle with his illness.

14th December 2023

Sign up to our Newsletter

To receive exclusive access to footage from the field, updates from projects and how you can get involved, join Team Tusk. Conservation starts with you.