Two African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) walk in the rainforest of the Congo Basin. guenterguni / Getty Images In the dense rainforests of central Africa, a majestic creature roams. The ...

Named after Ousmane Sarr, a veteran park ranger who dedicated his life to protecting Niokolo-Koba's endangered species, the elephant steps silently into view in the black-and-white footage. His large ...

No, this photo-bombing pachyderm is not an apparition, a phantasm or a spooky specter. He is the only African forest elephant to be spotted — via remote trail cam — in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba ...

Elephants are the largest land animals worldwide, used in tourism in several countries, and are often gentle to humans despite their gigantic sizes. However, the elephant population has fallen greatly ...

The African savannah elephant and the forest elephant have now been classified as Endangered and Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species TM.This comes after a recent decision ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service finalized new rules Friday intended to strengthen Endangered Species Act protections for threatened African elephants.. After sifting through more than 130,000 often ...

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Today the African elephants throughout the continent are listed as endangered, and the highly intelligent animals seem to be aware on some level that humans are to blame for their plight.

The cause of mass deaths of African elephants has been unraveled, ... That bacterium was also linked to the mass deaths of 200,000 critically endangered saiga antelope in Kazakhstan in 2015, ...

African elephants are an endangered species, according to the Zoo. Photo by Toledo Zoo and Aquarium The elephant, which does not not have a name, was born Feb. 17 at the Toledo Zoo after a ...

POLITICS Biden administration tightens rules on African elephant imports, stops short of total ban Wildlife advocates expressed concern the new regulations didn't go far enough to protect the species ...