The rare Amazon River dolphin — one of the last of its kind — has been declining rapidly, while emerging trends show fishermen are increasingly poaching these animals at alarming rates.

The Tanzanian government has reportedly approved a controversial highway that puts the Serengeti National Park’s delicate and invaluable ecosystems at high risk of destruction.

Concerned citizens of Mali are coming together to protect the last of the nation’s unique desert elephants from the insatiable clutches of rebel ivory poachers, as well as climate change-induced drought.