Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic, as ...

One of Africa’s last remaining “Super Tuskers” has passed away. Officials from the Amboseli National Park reported that Craig, a longtime resident of the protected area in southern Kenya, died of ...

The genetic analysis detected 367 different plant species across the samples. More remarkably, individual elephants showed ...

Understanding the Rise, Decline, and Survival of African Elephants These gentle giants are not only powerful in size but also ...

JOHANNESBURG -- One of Africa's largest wildlife preserves is marking a year without a single elephant found killed by poachers, which experts call an extraordinary development in an area larger than ...

It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like ...

An African elephant gracefully walks through the open savannah, surrounded by tall grass and scattered trees. This moment captures the peaceful essence of wildlife in its natural habitat.

An elephant was captured in video attacking a safari vehicle in South Africa, and several commenters were quick to blame ...

The Biden administration strengthened protections for African elephants, but stopped short of issuing a total ban on imports of hunting trophies and live animals, to the disappointment of wildlife ...

Killing of elephants driven by the illegal ivory trade has reached crisis levels in Africa, new information released today says. Across Africa elephants are being driven into decline due to poaching ...