Poaching pressure on elephants rose sharply across Africa during the early 2010s, putting intense pressure on rangers and ...

JOHANNESBURG -- One of Africa's largest wildlife preserves is marking a year without a single elephant found killed by poachers, which experts call an extraordinary development in an area larger than ...

Tusks are one of the most notable features of elephants, among their size and trunks. However, some elephants do not have tusks, and a high proportion of these elephants are females. Why do some ...

When young elephants lose their mothers to poaching, drought, or other threats, they often cannot survive alone.

Odisha has witnessed a disturbing surge in elephant poaching, with 117 tusks seized between 2020-21 and February 2026.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks. The research was published ...

What is the African elephant? African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are slightly larger than their ...

State Department officials have been saying that Secretary Clinton wants to push the Chinese on a surprising issue: elephants. Thousands of African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory. The ...