Unfortunately, both African and Asian elephant populations face significant threats due to habitat loss and poaching.

But scientists warn that African elephants – which wander through 37 countries in the huge continent – are heading for extinction. A new study, led by wildlife experts at Colorado State ...

From 1964–2016, forest elephant populations decreased on average by 90%, and savanna elephant populations fell on average by 70%. In combination, populations declined by 77% on average. The ...

(Reuters) - African elephants are Earth's largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. They also are in peril. Fresh evidence of this comes in a study that ...

Researchers document huge drop in African elephants in a half century FILE PHOTO: A pair of male elephants is seen in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, April 25, 2018. Picture taken April 25, 2018.

A newly released study highlights drastic declines in African elephant populations across the continent, driven primarily by poaching and habitat loss. Researchers assessed elephant populations at 475 ...

Across the African continent, elephant populations have largely declined over the past several decades, but some areas show hopeful signs of recovery, according to a new study.

(Reuters) – African elephants are Earth’s largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. They also are in peril. Fresh evidence of this comes in a study that ...

These days nobody would dream of keeping a wild animal as a pet, but there was a time, not so long ago, when a gentleman ...

Researchers Document Huge Drop in African Elephants in a Half Century By Will Dunham (Reuters) - African elephants are Earth's largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent ...