DNA evidence and lots of detective work have revealed the networks behind illegal trade in African elephant ivory, centering on three smuggling cartels in Kenya, Uganda and Togo. The case is laid ...

Elephant conservation is one area of bitter disagreement among African nations, which usually seek a common front on the world stage to bolster the clout of the world's poorest continent.

Elephant poaching in Africa continued trending downward in 2016, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, reports. Records show the highest level of seizures of illegally ...

JOHANNESBURG, May 30 (Reuters) - Debate over a proposed 20-year ivory trade ban has split African countries between those who want to protect the beloved elephant and others who say elephant ...

Beloved African Elephant Killed for Ivory—"Monumental" Loss Popular with tourists, Satao fell to poachers May 30, group says.

At first the hope was that mammoth ivory would act as a substitute for illegal elephant ivory, helping to ease the pressure on the African animals. It’s unclear whether this happened; Asian ...

Ivory demand has fallen, especially from Chinese markets – the biggest driver behind poaching in Africa, according to a study that appeared in the journal Nature Communications last month. But ...

African elephants are the world's largest land mammals, with males, on average, reaching up to 3m in height and weighing up to 6 tonnes. Following population declines over several decades due to ...

Ariño, now 95, defends legal hunting in Africa in his books and recounts how he once shot a record 20 animals in just 75 ...