1. Does recent research resolve once and for all whether there are two separate species of African elephant? 2. What are the conservation implications if there are two species? We would have to ...

There are thousands more endangered African forest elephants than previously thought, thanks to a new counting method using ...

Elephants are vital to ecosystems. Learn interesting facts and how WWF works to protect them across Africa and Asia.

A recent study found that 47 percent of breeding female elephant seals on South Georgia, home to the world’s largest ...

A new assessment of African Forest Elephants reveals an estimated 135,690 individuals1, with an additional 7,728 to 10,990 ...

Burhanuddin Masyud, an expert in Ecology and Wildlife Management at Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), recently reported that around 1,585 hectares of Sumatran elephant habitat in the Seblat ...

African savanna elephants weigh nearly twice as much as their forest counterparts, yet many have considered them merely different populations of the same species. But new genetic evidence finally puts ...

Two elephants at the Columbus Zoo are expecting babies and the father is from the Cincinnati Zoo.Officials said Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s bull elephant Sabu spent almost two years in ...

The British Antarctic Survey estimates that more than 50,000 individuals are missing from the beaches following the virus’s sudden jump from birds: ‘It’s staggering’ ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is celebrating a conservation milestone, the facility is ...

Animal care staff at the National Zoo are preparing for the "highly anticipated" birth of an Asian elephant calf, according ...