Ten years ago, the gray crowned crane (Balearica regulorum), faced with habitat loss and capture for illegal trade, was quietly slipping toward local extirpation in Rwanda. The Rwanda Wildlife ...

Just five years ago, it was easier to see a gray crowned crane in captivity than in the wild in Rwanda. Olivier Nsengimana, a local veterinarian who has dedicated himself to the species, remembers it ...

Uganda’s grey crowned crane has been in sharp decline due to loss of habitat and poaching. Across its range in East and Southern Africa, grey crowned crane populations fell by more than half between ...

Dr Olivier Nsengimana, a Rwandan veterinarian, has been awarded the 2025 Whitley Gold Award, worth £100,000 (approx. Rwf192 million) for his leadership in protecting the Grey Crowned Crane and wetland ...

Grasslands such as those found in Nandi County, Kenya, provide the ideal habitat for the non-migrant grey crowned crane and the bird, known as the Pride of Africa, was once found abundantly across ...

White wings flashing overhead in the sunlight, conservationist Olivier Nsengimana points out Rwanda's grey crowned cranes, migratory birds that have made an extraordinary comeback in the Great Lakes ...

NAIROBI, KENYA: The disappearance of grey crowned crane, a wetland dependent bird from areas traditionally known to host significant flocks is of key concern to conservationists. As an indicator ...

KPRC 2 met Dr. Nsengimana in Rwanda while there learning about conservation programs the Houston Zoo supports. He’s currently the founder and executive director of the Rwanda Wildlife Conservation ...

In Rwanda’s lush green grasslands, romance isn’t dead, but it’s had a brush with extinction in recent years. The country’s gray crowned cranes – birds which dance for each other, often pair for life ...

Many conservationists devote careers to saving one endangered species. Barely into his 30s, Rwandan Olivier Nsengimana is well into helping rescue and revive two. But the well-publicized plight of ...