A new study reveals alarming declines in African elephant populations, with savanna elephants down 70% and forest elephants down 90% since 1964. Poaching and habitat loss are the primary drivers, ...

The continuous loss of habitat also means fewer areas to feed for these gigantic animals. Over the past 30 years, there has ...

On top of this, loss of habitat, human-elephant conflict, and political instability provide significant long-term challenges to their survival. Importantly, despite compelling genetic research ...

African elephants are the largest mammals that live on land. There’s a lot of rumours that go round about these gentle giants though: that they never forget, that they grieve, and that their ...

Unlike most mammals, elephants don’t sweat. They can’t afford the water loss. The African elephant has the largest ears of any animal, accounting for 20% of their overall surface area.

Elephants are the world’s largest land animals. There are lots of different kinds. There’s the African Forest elephant, the African Savannah elephant and the Asian elephant. You can tell them ...

The ivory trade, loss of vital habitat and a deeper understanding of elephant biology have all combined to reveal a previously underestimated threat to Africa's elephants. African forest elephants ...

And scientists are using these images to count African elephants from space ... The breakthrough could allow up to 5,000 sq km of elephant habitat to be surveyed on a single cloud-free day.

There are two types of elephants: African and Asian ... Here’s what makes an elephant a mammal, including some facts you may not know about them. After a 22-month gestation period, this mammal ...

HABITAT: Savannah elephants occupy the savannah, grassland and desert ecosystems of sub-Saharan ... Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Central African Republic. They occur in larger populations in ...

African elephants, some of the largest and most iconic ... highlights the toll that habitat loss, poaching, and human encroachment have had on these magnificent creatures. The findings underscored ...