Years ago, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen backed a project called the Great Elephant Census that highlighted a crisis for Africa’s elephant population, brought about primarily by illegal poaching.

Many key differences separate African elephants from Asian elephants. Not only are they found in completely separate parts of the world, but they live in different habitats as well. The African ...

Elephant in the wild Close-up, front view of a happy elephant walking through the... Close-up, front view of a happy elephant walking through the grasslands in the African savanna and joyfully chewing ...

Similarly, water sources play a key role in where they choose to go. However, individual elephants can respond to water ...

Botswana's elephant population has doubled in recent decades, creating chaos for many who live alongside them.

Learn about elephants' sharp sense of travel planning, helping them save energy and find food as they trek through their ...

This research provides the most comprehensive assessment of trends in the two species of elephants in Africa: the forest elephant and the savanna elephant. The results were eye opening. African ...

Tigers and monkeys and tapirs, oh my! Joel Sartore's latest book, "National Geographic Photo Ark: Babies," captures the ...

The African savanna elephant is listed as endangered but can be legally hunted for sport in Botswana, although it's still controversial — a fact Leon knows all too well. In 2022, he briefly shot ...

They were men of iron nerve, unerring aim and, gazed at through a modern lens, it seems they were also capable of unbearable cruelty.