Elephants are the largest land animals worldwide, used in tourism in several countries, and are often gentle to humans despite their gigantic sizes. However, the elephant population has fallen greatly ...

At one time, poaching was the biggest threat to elephants in Africa. As these majestic creatures were slaughtered by the thousands for their tusks, it became abundantly clear that African elephants ...

A new elephant DNA map reveals growing isolation across Africa, raising concerns about inbreeding and long-term survival.

New tracking methods and regional cooperation help protect forest elephants as poaching and habitat loss threaten their ...

The Babile sanctuary in South East Ethiopia is facing extinction, dwindling from 1000 elephants 13 years ago to 215 now.

While headlines focus on bringing back the woolly mammoth, the most significant impact of this research lies in its immediate benefits for endangered elephants and other threatened species alive today ...

Seized ivory from Conakry, Republic of Guinea, where there are few remaining elephants. A new study of Central African forest elephants has found their numbers down by 62 percent between 2002 and 2011 ...

After a 21-month pregnancy, an endangered Asian elephant gave birth for the first time in nearly 25 years at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI). “After waiting ...