The dramatic decline in elephant numbers is largely attributable to illegal hunting and the persistent ivory trade. Efforts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades.

A POACHER has been trampled to death by a herd of elephants just as he was “lining up” to shoot and kill a prized white rhino ...

Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic, as ...

People have had a devastating impact on African elephant and rhino numbers, but in parts of Africa we’re helping these amazing animals to recover People have had a devastating impact on African ...

KARACHI: Despite carrying out several tests, including an X-ray, over the past two days, the authorities in Safari Park ...

Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly restricted to protected areas like game reserves. The ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - At the Kansas Zoo and Aquarium, Zuri, a 14-year-old African Elephant, is recovering after falling ill with a strain of the life-threatening elephant endotheliotropic ...

In parts of Tanzania, small farms are increasingly coming into contact with African elephants, leading to a hard conflict ...

An elephant in South Africa’s Kruger National Park trampled a tourist to death as he was trying to protect children, officials say. The incident Sunday involving 59-year-old Shaik Adam Shabir Ammed ...

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 ...

BELA-BELA, South Africa — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or bush ...