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African elephant genomes reveal ancient mixing — and modern pressures

A continent-wide genomic study of both savanna and forest elephants in Africa has found that African elephants once roamed widely, both species exchanging genes throughout their ra...

Studying the world’s largest gathering of forest elephants with sound and field observation

In the far southwest of the Central African Republic, where dense forest gives way to a broad clearing, elephants gather in numbers rarely seen elsewhere. The place is known as Dza...

A unique clearing in Central Africa draws elephants from the dense forests

BAYANGA, Central African Republic — Throughout most of Central Africa, it’s difficult to spot herds of forest elephants all at once. They move through dense rainforest, remaining e...

Largest Ever Elephant Genome Study Reveals a Hidden Crisis — and a Path to Better Conservation

Learn how shrinking habitats are isolating African elephant populations and how restoring connections could help save the species.

Africa’s Elephants Are Written in Their Genes, and the Story Is One of Vanishing Connection

  In tissue samples drawn from elephant skin biopsies across 17 African countries, in collections that have sat in biobanks for more than thirty years, something like a historical...

Elephants talk with very low rumbles that humans often cannot hear. In Africa, these deep calls can…

Elephants talk with very low rumbles that humans often cannot hear. In Africa, these deep calls can...

Elephants return to Mount Elgon side of Uganda after four decades

According to monitoring with tracking collars by the Mount Elgon Foundation (MEF), last year at least 60 elephants crossed from Kenya into the Ugandan side of Mount Elgon, a vast v...

Two young elephants arrive at zoo farm to continue development

Two young elephants have arrived at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm as part of a conservation project.

How an elephant named Tswale has been welcomed into a wild herd after spending decades in captivity

Tswale's time in human care began when he and his sister Modjaji were spared from a mass elephant-culling in Limpopo, South Africa, in 2004.

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Baby elephant Linh Mai makes debut at National Zoo on Earth Day

A new elephant calf makes her debut at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, in celebration of Earth Day! The Asian elephant, Linh Mai, is the first o...

Elephants eat fruits, walk long distances, and drop seeds in nutrient-rich dung. Some seeds survive…

Elephants eat fruits, walk long distances, and drop seeds in nutrient-rich dung. Some seeds survive...

How to Eat an Elephant - Fossil Find in Tanzania Shows Oldest Signs of Butchering These Giant Mammals

[The Conversation Africa] Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg. This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric t...

Nzou, a female elephant in a Zimbabwean reserve, shuns other elephants and has been the leader of a…

Nzou, a female elephant in a Zimbabwean reserve, shuns other elephants and has been the leader of a...

Things You Never Knew About the Elephant

In Kenya, conservationists use smart tracking collars and implants on some endangered elephants and…

In Kenya, conservationists use smart tracking collars and implants on some endangered elephants and...

As elephants return in eastern Zambia, communities adapt to coexistence

LUNDAZI, Zambia — The very first time 23-year-old Edward Kumwenda saw elephants, it was after midnight, and they were breaking into his house. That night, two years ago, Kumwenda w...

Elephants adjust what they eat in altered habitats, signaling growing pressure

Asian elephants are adapting to rapidly changing landscapes by diversifying their diets — a sign of resilience, but also a warning about the pressures reshaping their habitats, acc...

Scientists Unravel the Mystery of Angola’s Giant “Ghost Elephants”

DNA taken from elephant dung revealed that Angola’s elephants living at high elevations belong to a distinct genetic lineage connected to elephants in Namibia. For more than 10 yea...

African Elephants Trample Skilled California Hunter to Death as He Pursued Elusive Antelope in Gabon

A big-game hunter from California was trampled to death by five elephants as he hunted small forest antelope in central Africa. The post African Elephants Trample Skilled Californi...

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The First Asian Elephant Calf Is Born After a 25-Year Wait at the Smithsonian National Zoo

Learn how Linh Mai, the first Asian elephant calf born at the Smithsonian in 25 years, is strengthening genetic diversity in an endangered species.

Rewilding giants: captive elephants rehomed in Europe’s first sanctuary

Julie, once a circus elephant, and Kariba, from a Belgian zoo, are to be moved to a former ranch in PortugalEurope’s first large-scale elephant sanctuary, which is opening to offer...

South Africa zoo elephants’ ‘depression’ case goes to court

The mental well-being of three elephants in a zoo in South Africa is the subject of an unusual court case, with animal welfare groups saying they are depressed and should be moved...