A study reported in the journal Current Biology on April 1 has both good news and bad news for the future of African elephants. While about 18 million square kilometers of Africa--an area bigger than ...

April 1 (UPI) --African elephants have habitat to spare, but new research suggests their range has been constrained by 2,000 years of human pressure. Despite human development and population growth ...

The overall declining trend of both African elephant species calls for increased support by donors, governments of the elephant range states, and the international community to ensure that elephant ...

Africa’s elephant population has crashed by an estimated 111,000 in the past decade primarily due to poaching, according to the IUCN’s African Elephant Status Report. Africa’s elephant population has ...

Zoo Atlanta's newest addition is Titan the African elephant. Sixteen-year-old Titan came to Atlanta from a Kansas zoo on the recommendation of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The zoo now has ...

(HONOLULU) — A report presented at the International Union for Conservation of Nation World Conservation Congress on Wednesday showed a dramatic decline in the population of African savannah elephants ...

Poachers killing Africa’s elephants for ivory have brought them to the brink of extinction, with the continent’s two species today officially classified as endangered for the first time. “It’s an ...

Mundi the 41-year-old African savannah elephant, spent 35 years alone at the Mayaguez Zoo in Puerto Rico before the park's closure Mundi is ready for her fresh start. The 41-year-old female African ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today adopted new restrictions on U.S. imports of African elephant hunting trophies and live elephants but stopped short of a total ban on imports.

A study has both good news and bad news for the future of African elephants. While about 18 million square kilometers of Africa -- an area bigger than the whole of Russia -- still has suitable habitat ...

ATLANTA, GA — Zoo Atlanta welcomes a new eight thousand pound addition to its African Savannah elephant complex. Titan, a 16-year-old male African elephant, arrived in Atlanta today from Sedgwick ...