African elephant populations are at risk of extinction A comprehensive study has documented alarming declines in both African savanna and forest elephant populations. Researchers analysed data ...

Explore a country-by-country look at the population status of the African savanna elephant. The Great Elephant Census surveyed sites throughout the continent in 2014 and 2015. During this period ...

Genetic research has raised the possibility that the two classic forms of elephant in Africa are separate species rather than subspecies of Loxodonta africana. Museum research has uncovered ...

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.

HABITAT: Forest elephants occupy the rainforests of West and Central Africa. RANGE: The majority of remaining forest elephant populations occur in Central Africa, in the countries of Gabon, Democratic ...

A study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences has confirmed two widely known facts regarding African elephants but provided fresh data to flesh out the big picture.

The team compiled data from 475 sites in 37 countries, making it the most comprehensive assessment of African elephants to date. They found "large-scale declines" in most populations of both ...