Not all elephants are the same. A new study has found that male African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) develop ...

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, ...

African elephants actually include two species: the African savanna elephant and the African forest elephant ... rounder ears. Both male and female African elephants grow big tusks, but only ...

The African ... The elephant’s trunk is one magnificent multi-tool. The female elephants herd together with juvenile bulls and calves, teaching them where to find water and food, while male ...

Male African elephants have distinct personality traits, but also adapt their behavior to suit the social context, according to a study published December 4, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ...

According to the IUCN, all elephant species are endangered. African forest elephants are listed ... in captivity and in restricted spaces. Adult male elephants often leave the herd when they ...

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 ...

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 ...

Yet over the past two decades, palm oil plantations have been eating into the forest on either side of the Kinabatangan, reducing habitat and food resources for its inhabitants. Elephant ...

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 ...