International rules bar the sale, which experts fear would encourage poaching. But with elephant populations and attacks on the rise -- along with the costs of maintaining parks and conservation ...

DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate -- and higher -- population estimate ...

Guest Column - When Dr Mike Chase banks the small survey plane over northern Botswana’s mopane woodlands, he can see the country’s wildlife story written in the dust below. Carcasses — some months old ...

CITES CoP20 in Samarkand exposed a stark truth: the conservation model southern Africa has spent decades promoting is no ...

A new assessment of African Forest Elephants reveals an estimated 135,690 individuals1, with an additional 7,728 to 10,990 ...

Elephants are vital to ecosystems. Learn interesting facts and how WWF works to protect them across Africa and Asia.

President of Southern Africa Community Leaders Network (CLN), Dr Rodgers Lubilo, has declared that CITES has “completely ...

A new IUCN report shows African forest elephants are more numerous than previously believed, not due to recovery, but thanks ...

Ivory from sub-Saharan Africa was imported to the Land of Israel between 1600- 600 BCE, overcoming geopolitical changes in both arenas, a new study analyzing over 1,500 artifacts and fragments ...

There are thousands more endangered African forest elephants than previously thought, thanks to a new counting method using the DNA extracted from their dung, ...

In September, a Sri Lankan court cracked down on the illegal elephant trade, resulting in a landmark conviction.

When poaching amplifies the effect of higher hunting quotas, it is bad news for the future of Botswana’s elephant population ...