The new assessment totals 135,690 forest elephants, 16 percent more than the figure estimated in 2016, with an additional 7,728-10,990 individuals based on more tentative work. If factoring in both ...

A new report shows an increase in estimated forest elephant numbers, but this is a function of better surveying, and the ...

DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate -- and higher -- population estimate for the elusive animal, but the species remains critically endangered, a ...

New research shows Africa’s forests now release more carbon than they absorb. This raises global climate risks and calls for ...

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

On average, Africa’s tropical forests gained carbon until 2010, then lost it rapidly—especially between 2015 and 2017. Gains ...

Negotiators discussing wildlife trade rules have agreed overwhelmingly to back a proposal that regulates the currently ...

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 ...

Africa rallies around forest innovation as African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC25) opens in The Gambia ...

A coalition of African nations has secured new Cites controls on the international trade of hornbills amid concerns over ...

Between 2010 and 2017 alone, Africa lost about 106 billion kilograms of forest biomass every year — roughly the weight of 106 ...

In what’s being called immensely good news for the African golden cat, often described as the continent’s most elusive and threatened wildcat species, Uganda’s Echuya Forest will become a national ...