African elephants range throughout the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa and the rainforests of Central and West Africa. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades.

Why they matter: Elephants shape ecosystems by creating water sources, dispersing seeds, and maintaining savanna landscapes, benefiting countless other species. What’s threatening them: Poaching, ...

By David Brown A continent-wide genomic study of both savanna and forest elephants in Africa has found that African elephants ...

A major genomic research, “The genomic impact of population connectivity and decline in Africa’s elephants,” published in Nature, examined elephant populations from various countries in Africa and ...

The largest genomic study of African elephants to date has found that both species - savanna and forest elephants - remain in generally good genetic health despite long-term numerical declines, though ...

Tanzania, which relies heavily on wildlife tourism, saw a 60 percent decline in its elephant population. Africa's elephant population fell around 20 percent between 2006 and 2015 because of a surge in ...

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa — Crack! Crack! The familiar sound pierces the bush as elephants bring down another acacia tree in Kruger National Park. Recently, the sound easily could be mistaken ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's elephant population fell around 20 percent between 2006 and 2015 because of a surge in ivory poaching, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said ...