But the Biden administration’s long-awaited rules are fueling fierce debates over protection of the species both at home and abroad. The Fish and Wildlife Service finalized new rules Friday intended ...

(NEW YORK) — The populations of Africa’s elephants are now in more danger than they ever have been. The African forest elephant is now listed as critically endangered, and the African savanna elephant ...

1. Does recent research resolve once and for all whether there are two separate species of African elephant? 2. What are the conservation implications if there are two species? We would have to ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for releasing a final rule today that provides additional Endangered Species Act protections for ...

March 29 (UPI) --The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday finalized a rule to improve conservation and other protections of African elephants imported to the United States. Friday's rule change ...

An African elephant was born at the Toledo Zoo in February, the zoo said. African elephants are an endangered species, according to the zoo. Screengrab from Toledo Zoo post on X, formerly Twitter An ...

An international conservation organization has listed African elephants as critically endangered after a sharp population decline. The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of ...

There’s a new addition at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Bay Lake, Florida, and she weighs a whopping 218 pounds. An African elephant calf named Corra was recently born at the resort, making her the first ...

Saturday marked a momentous occasion at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida, where officials announced an African elephant calf was born at the park for the first time in seven years. The baby girl ...

The 218-pound newborn, named Corra, is also the first second-generation calf to be born at the Orlando theme park Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...