Wildlife populations monitored across Africa have declined by an average of 80 percent over the past five decades, according ...

African elephants range throughout the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa and the rainforests of Central and West Africa. The ...

Africa’s elephant population has crashed by an estimated 111,000 in the past decade primarily due to poaching, according to the IUCN’s African Elephant Status Report. Released at the world’s largest ...

The overall African elephant population plummeted by over 20 per cent in the past decade, falling to an estimated 415,000 mainly due to a dramatic surge in ivory poaching. According to the IUCN, ...

WWF's Living Planet Report 2026 shows steep declines and real grounds for hope. See what it will take to turn the tide.

April 16 (Reuters) - The largest genomic study of African elephants to date has found that both species - savanna and forest elephants - remain in generally good genetic health despite long-term ...

Wildlife conservation often focuses on numbers. How many animals are left, how quickly populations are growing or shrinking, and whether species are at risk of extinction. But what is happening ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

An international conservation organization has listed African elephants as critically endangered after a sharp population decline. The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of ...

Learn how shrinking habitats are isolating African elephant populations and how restoring connections could help save the species. The largest genomic study of African elephants ever conducted has ...