What is the African elephant? African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are slightly larger than their Asian cousins and can be identified by their larger ears that look somewhat ...

The grudging release of previously undisclosed mortality data from the Kruger National Park offers a rare glimpse into how ...

Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly restricted to protected areas like game reserves. The ...

(Steve Stringer Photography/Moment/Getty Images) Which footprint is bigger? An elephant's or a human's? It depends on how you ...

UC San Diego School of Biological Sciences' Shermin de Silva has spent the majority of her scientific career studying elephants. An assistant professor in the Department of Ecology, Behavior and ...

In March, AWI submitted comments to the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) urging the agency to ban the import of live African elephants and their trophies into the United States due to significant ...

Older elephants in East Africa will be most severely impacted by climate change, threatening the long-term survival of this vulnerable African mammal, according to a modelling study by Simon Nampindo ...

International Business Machines Corporation IBM recently announced a collaboration with the World Wide Fund (“WWF”) for Nature - Germany to focus on advancing the conservation of critically endangered ...

Two of the African elephants at the Pittsburgh Zoo are on the move. The zoo says female elephants Victoria and Zuri will be moving to the International Conservation Center in Somerset. The zoo says ...

GUNDERSON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. KELLY. THANK YOU. WE’LL SEE YOU AT 5:00. TO THE PITTSBURGH ZOO’S FIVE ELEPHANTS ARE LEAVING SOON, BUT THEY’RE NOT GOING FAR. SISTERS VICTORIA AND ZURI ARE ...