Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic, as ...

In countries such as South Sudan, the great herds have all but disappeared. But further south, conservation success mean increasing human-wildlife conflict ...

One of Africa’s last remaining “Super Tuskers” has passed away. Officials from the Amboseli National Park reported that Craig, a longtime resident of the protected area in southern Kenya, died of ...

There are fewer than 30 remaining super tuskers left. Craig was known globally due to his calm demeanor and patience with photographers. The East African Brewing Company appointed Craig as its Tusker ...

Premieres Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Follow the complex lives of giant elephant bulls ...

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. Africa’s elephant population has ...

(Reuters) - African elephants are Earth's largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. They also are in peril. Fresh evidence of this comes in a study that ...

Understanding the Rise, Decline, and Survival of African Elephants These gentle giants are not only powerful in size but also ...

In the last seven years, 200 people in Kenya were killed by wildlife. A far greater number were injured and indeed maimed. Communities living next to protected areas lose half their crop and are often ...

BELA-BELA, South Africa — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or bush ...

The genetic analysis detected 367 different plant species across the samples. More remarkably, individual elephants showed ...