The Emerging Conservationist award is part of the biennial Prize and recognizes an early-career conservationist under the age ...

What do you guys think—am I more of a black cat or a golden retriever?” I tossed it into the chat just to stir the pot. (I ...

THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | The Indianapolis Prize, the world’s leading award for animal conservation, has named Mwezi ...

Mugerwa began studying the African golden cat through research using camera traps, where he captured a black and white image of an unknown animal in the forest. At the time, the African golden cat ...

The Indianapolis Prize, a prestigious award that recognizes leaders in wildlife conservation, has awarded its second Emerging Conservationist Award to Mwezi Badru Mugerwa. A Ugandan researcher and ...

Mugerwa is the founder and director of Embaka, which focuses on the preservation of the African golden cat. The work includes a community-based anti-poaching project at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest ...

The African golden cat is an elusive species only found in the forests of equatorial Africa, and Mugerwa first began his work by setting up camera traps to take black and white photos of the cats ...