This research provides the most comprehensive assessment of trends in the two species of elephants in Africa: the forest ...

A new study analyzed the largest archaeological cargo of African ivory ever found, researchers report. All of the elephant tusks were from African forest elephants, Loxodonta cyclotis.

Surveying elephants across Africa has been a challenging and sporadic effort due to logistical difficulties, civil unrest, ...

There are two forms of African elephant, with different distributions and very marked physical differences: A 2004 expedition to Ghana studied a population of elephants in the transition zone between ...

African elephants actually include two species: the African savanna elephant and the African forest elephant. The African savanna elephant lives on the savanna and grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa ...

Male elephant societies are dynamic and consist ... said this is equally true for African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) which are intuitive, including being capable of outsmarting humans ...

DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species. They also have straighter, thinner tusks, more rounded ears and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant species ...

Tropical rainforests don’t give up their secrets easily. ... That’s why it’s so rewarding to see these incredible images.” ...

A new study has analyzed 53 years of population survey data and found large-scale declines in most populations of both ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The intricate web of cracks and crevices that gives African elephants their distinctive look is, in fact, an essential ...

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 ...