Ghost elephants are “refugees in their own homelands, moving in secret between small patches of habitat,” the Elephant Crisis ...

The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is the largest land animal on Earth. A mature male may stand up to 13 feet tall at the shoulder and ...

In 1930, approximately 10 million wild elephants were in Africa. Since then, elephant populations have dwindled. Today, these declines still continue.

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

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed a dramatic decline in African elephant populations over the past 53 years. Researchers conducted comprehensive ...

The elephant population in southern Africa has increased by 5% since 2016 to nearly 228,000, according to results of a first ever aerial census conducted last year. However, ...

All the populations of savanna elephants in the northern part of sub-Saharan Africa showed declines. Many populations in the northern savannas of Chad, Nigeria , Cameroon and Mali have been lost.

But in southern Africa, elephant populations rose at 42% of the surveyed sites. "We have seen real success in a number of places across Africa, ... Site Map. Store.

Gaborone — Five southern African countries, with more than half the continent's elephants, are conducting a first-ever aerial census to determine the elephant population and how to protect it.

Africa’s elephant population has crashed by an estimated 111,000 in the past decade primarily due to poaching, according to the IUCN’s African Elephant Status Report. Released at the world’s largest ...

African elephants are the world's largest land mammals, with males, on average, reaching up to 3m in height and weighing up to 6 tonnes. Following population declines over several decades due to ...

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.