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 ...

Elephants in Arunachal Pradesh may be present at higher elevations than previously thought. According to the new action ...

What is the African elephant? African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are slightly larger than their Asian cousins and can be identified by their larger ears that look somewhat ...

Poaching of rhinos and elephants has risen so sharply in Africa that the fate of the species are now at risk. Tens of thousands of elephants and at least 588 rhinos have lost their lives in 2012.

The west African ebony tree is dependent on the smaller African forest elephant’s survival. Animalia CC The forest elephants of the Congo Basin are critically endangered and face extinction. They live ...

A field experiment in Kenya shows that dung beetles disappear when the African elephants they depend on for their fecal food and shelter also vanish locally. This is the first time that coextinction, ...

In the largest genomic mapping of Africa's elephants to date, an international team of researchers shows that elephant history is defined by the ability to move across large distances and exchange ...

A new African savanna elephant has been welcomed at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, with officials saying he’ll play an important role in educating park attendees and mentoring a younger male elephant ...