WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks. The research was published ...

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 ...

Elephants in Borneo's rainforest aren't just being poached—they're being decapitated. As the New York Times reports, Malaysian wildlife officials say at least 13 endangered Bornean elephants have been ...

The first authoritative population assessment for African forest elephants estimates there are more than 145,000 individuals. Researchers say new survey techniques relying on sampling DNA from ...

Ivory has been a precious substance to human beings for centuries. It was used in ancient carving designs and jewellery in earlier times, and today it is part of modern debates over ethics and trade, ...

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Elephant and rhino populations in Tanzania have begun to rebound after a government crackdown dismantled organised criminal networks involved in industrial-scale poaching, ...

The office of Indonesia’s state conservation agency in the semiautonomous region of Aceh said an elephant found dead in Central Aceh district on Feb. 20 likely died due to electrocution following ...