The sharp reduction of their population has a knock-on effect on the Congo Basin forest itself. This is because African ...

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With tusks that each weigh over 100 pounds and often scrape the ground, Africa’s last remaining “super tuskers” take center ...

With African elephants endangered, a UCLA-led study says their decline could ripple from the rainforest to the concert stage—revealing a critical link between the threatened species and pianos and ...

An elephant in South Africa’s Kruger National Park trampled a tourist to death as he was trying to protect children, officials say. The incident Sunday involving 59-year-old Shaik Adam Shabir Ammed ...

A new 16-year-old African elephant named Titan arrived at Zoo Atlanta this week from Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas. The 8,200-pound elephant was born in South Africa in Eswatini and was ...

It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like ...

Now in its fourth year, the Black and White Photo Awards welcomed entries from more than 90 countries. Prizes were awarded ...

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The world is connected in surprising ways. A new study gives the latest example - how African elephant poop helps make American-made guitars. As NPR's Nate Rott reports, the study also comes with a ...