Elephants are playing important roles in the country’s civil war, but the conflict casts a dark shadow over their future.

EXCLUSIVE: A British vet and a dedicated team of rangers and pilots tagged these elephants for the first time in a bid to ...

Unless the root causes of instability are addressed, conservation efforts could ultimately serve to inflame tensions.

Whether you're off to see lions and elephants roam the savanna or marvel at one of the world's largest waterfalls, this huge ...

Europe’s blanket ban on fossil fuel financing is facing criticism from African activists and energy experts, who describe it ...

The elephant population in Kruger has drastically risen in the last century. Park managers must now contend with an ...

Genetic evidence indicates that today's people outside of Africa can trace their ancestry to the population of humans, ...

Lived in Ice Age tundras & grasslands of North America, Europe, northern Asia; ... There are three main living species: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant,and the Asian elephant.

African Elephant Numbers Plummet 30 Percent, Landmark Survey Finds. An unprecedented census gives a sobering baseline for managing what’s left of Africa’s elephants.

The population of the African forest elephant plummeted 86% over 30 years, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which has placed it on its red list of threatened species.

Across the African continent, elephant populations have largely declined over the past several decades, but some areas show hopeful signs of recovery, according to a new study.. Researchers have ...