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

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

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 ...

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.

Integrating data on habitat suitability with population genetics improves the ability to map elephant movements, a study 1 by researchers from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and the ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...

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.

An elephant not seen in several years was recently captured on camera strolling through a national park in Senegal. This ...

The clock is ticking to save Central Africa's forest elephants. Populations of the elusive elephants have plunged by around 80 percent inside one of the region's most important nature preserves ...

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 ...