The practice of giving tusks as dowry in neighbouring Indonesia may be behind the killings, conservationists say.

The report urges CITES Parties to take action to close ivory markets in these countries. “Central African countries, through their joint forest commission COMIFAC, have agreed in principle to an ...

Besides the closure of its ivory market, the report suggests China’s crackdown on illegal ivory and economic slowdown, as well as a general increase in awareness about elephant poaching and ivory, ...

Hundreds of projects supported by USAID have been thrown into doubt, as fears grow of an increase in crimes such as poaching ...

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.

Richie Mehta is the creative mind behind Poacher, a new eight-part series about crime-fighting conservationists who took on ...

In the heart of Nigeria’s last remaining rainforests, a growing crisis is unfolding. Once revered as symbols of nature’s ...

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government is urging a coordinated effort by all enforcement agencies to combat poaching following the brutal killing of a second Borneo pygmy elephant in Tawau district.

The main accused in the elephant poaching case was found dead with a rifle on his remains here in Eriyur reserve forest. The body of accused Senthil Kumar was found a fortnight after his alleged ...

KOTA KINABALU: In a grim echo of a similar incident earlier this year, another Borneo pygmy elephant has been found ... has raised alarms of organised poaching targeting one of Sabah’s most ...

Travel expert Justin Chapman at Go2Africa reveals the best places to see six of the most endangered animals in Africa and ...

The award-winning documentary film “A Life Among Elephants,” which chronicles the journey of Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, the world's foremost elephant ...