DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate -- and higher -- population estimate ...

Elephants are vital to ecosystems. Learn interesting facts and how WWF works to protect them across Africa and Asia.

African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) were only recognized as a species separate from the African savannah elephant ...

As South Africa’s elephants swell from 500 to 3,000 in the Associated Private Nature Reserves, the debate rages over how to ...

A new assessment of African Forest Elephants reveals an estimated 135,690 individuals1, with an additional 7,728 to 10,990 ...

The real crisis in southern Africa is not an elephant overpopulation crisis. It’s a human land use, inequality and governance ...

While Africa’s savannas are renowned for their rich wildlife, two animals garner much of the attention in the area — the giraffe and the elephant. Both animals are considered giants in the animal ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rural farming communities on the border between the southern African countries of Malawi and Zambia are seeking damages and threatening to sue an international animal ...

In a sense, we humans who live outside the continent of Africa have been blinded by the warm, fuzzy image of elephant life from a child’s perspective. In Power and Majesty, I felt it my duty to put ...