WALKING THUNDER: ODE TO THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT, a powerful new wildlife documentary by acclaimed photographers and conservationists Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson, will premiere on Friday, August 15 ...

Born into an aristocratic British family, he turned his empathy and knowledge of the world’s largest land mammals to the ...

The new assessment totals 135,690 forest elephants, 16 percent more than the figure estimated in 2016, with an additional ...

His groundbreaking field research was instrumental in banning the international ivory trade and protecting elephants from ...

Have you ever wondered what the world’s largest land animal might be? While some land animals (giraffes) might be taller, and ...

African elephants are known to recognize groups of humans, to test electric fences with their tusks to avoid injury, and (of course) can remember paths to resources passed down to them decades earlier ...

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

“The African experience is global,” said Niyi Coker, E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor at UMSL. “This festival allows you to understand the experiences that Africans are having in other countries ...

Many key differences separate African elephant from Asian elephants. Not only are they found in completely separate parts of the world, but they live in different habitats as well. The African ...

What’s in a name? People use unique names to address each other, but we’re one of only a handful of animal species known to do that, including bottlenose dolphins. Finding more animals with names and ...

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

Populations of the African forest and savanna elephant have declined sharply. The populations of Africa's elephants are now in more danger than they ever have been. The African forest elephant is now ...