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. Africa’s elephant population has ...

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa — Crack! Crack! The familiar sound pierces the bush as elephants bring down another acacia tree in Kruger National Park. Recently, the sound easily could be mistaken ...

JOHANNESBURG -- One of Africa's largest wildlife preserves is marking a year without a single elephant found killed by poachers, which experts call an extraordinary development in an area larger than ...

Tusks are one of the most notable features of elephants, among their size and trunks. However, some elephants do not have tusks, and a high proportion of these elephants are females. Why do some ...

WASHINGTON - A hefty set of tusks is usually an advantage for elephants, allowing them to dig for water, strip bark for food and joust with other elephants. But during episodes of intense ivory ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks. The research was published ...

Understanding the Rise, Decline, and Survival of African Elephants These gentle giants are not only powerful in size but also remarkable in mind. African elephants are highly intelligent, emotional, ...