Populations of the African forest and savanna elephant have declined sharply. The populations of Africa's elephants are now in more danger than they ever have been. The African forest elephant is now ...

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 ...

A study found large-scale declines of African elephants in the first continent-wide analysis of population survey data. Over 53 years of surveys, forest elephant populations decreased on average by 90 ...

A $7 million, comprehensive census of African elephants has found that the population decreased by nearly a third between 2007 and 2014. The Great Elephant Census was conducted over three years, and ...

African elephants, the planet's largest land animals, are celebrated for their intelligence, complex social systems, and essential role in their ecosystems. However, they are now facing a severe ...

JOHANNESBURG - Africa’s elephant population is decreasing dramatically due to poaching, plunging by more than 140,000 between 2007 and 2014, according to a study published Wednesday. The Great ...

African elephant populations have decreased by at least 60% over 50 years. In the face of steep population decline, the United States has moved to restrict the import of live African elephants and ...

The elephant is the largest existing land mammal on Earth, weighing anywhere from 4,000 to 10,000 pounds. There are three species of elephants: the African bush elephant (also known as the African ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's elephant population fell around 20 percent between 2006 and 2015 because of a surge in ivory poaching, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said ...

1. Given their vulnerability to local extinction, the reintroduction of megafauna species (often long-lived, ecologically influential and highly social) is an increasingly relevant conservation ...