The current elephant poaching crisis costs African countries around US$25 million annually in lost tourism revenue, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications. Comparing ...

If you just scan the headlines, it’s hard to imagine that there is any hope for Africa’s elephants amid the ongoing slaughter. But dig a little deeper and there have been indications for a while that ...

Poaching is the main cause for the elephant population to have declined by 1,11,000 over the past 10 years in Africa, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. According to ...

Wildlife experts have seen gains elsewhere in Africa against elephant poaching. Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve, widely acknowledged as "Ground Zero" for poaching and linked to the Niassa reserve ...

Tragically though, for the second time in the last century, elephants in Africa are being slaughtered for their ivory tusks at rates that are causing severe population declines across the continent.

African elephants population is declining due to poaching and habitat loss African elephants are primarily threatened by poaching and habitat loss. Poaching for ivory remains a persistent issue ...

Wildlife experts have seen gains elsewhere in Africa against elephant poaching. Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve, widely acknowledged as "Ground Zero" for poaching and linked to the Niassa reserve ...

Nearly every African country with elephant populations has been hit. INTERPOL has acknowledged the involvement of organized crime syndicates in the ivory trade. US officials have cited “credible ...

So the further away from Africa it goes the higher the price goes." He said poaching was indiscriminate, killing of all sexes and ages of elephant. "But over the last five years there have been ...

At the same time, it is officially identifying African elephants as two distinct species ... Savanna elephant populations declined by more than 50% over the last 75 years. Both forest and savanna ...

Habitat loss and poaching have driven dramatic declines in African elephants, but it is challenging to measure their numbers ...

Did you know that some African elephants can travel over 50 miles in a single day, navigating vast territories that span hundreds of square miles? This impressive journey is now more closely monitored ...