If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...

Maintaining current elephant numbers, let alone reversing declines, requires new thinking and conservation innovation.

Elephant relocation in Malawi causes deadly consequences, killing twelve and sparking a legal conservation crisis. The post ...

Donald Trump’s funding freeze underlines that South Africa needs to prioritise the development of its pharmaceutical ...

Rural communities on the border between the African countries of Malawi and Zambia are threatening to sue an international ...

More than 50 children were orphaned as a result of the relocated elephants, according to local communities who are taking ...

There is a saying that when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. But must that always be the case?African ...

SURVEYING elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic ...

Elephants choose smooth, food-rich paths to save energy. Their movement depends on terrain, speed, and water access.

Their job is to keep the peace amid a worsening and at times deadly conflict between humans and the world's largest land ...

People take a lot of time caring for their land, then the elephants come "when you have planted the crops and they are almost ...

Elephants risk human conflict while shaping Africa’s ecosystems. However, Makima said his most effective tool is his beehive fence. A project by Save the Elephants found that elephants avoid ...