DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species. They also have straighter ... THREATS: Forest elephants are threatened by historical and current rampant poaching, ...

DESCRIPTION: Savannah elephants ... African elephant species. They also have thicker, more curved tusks, more triangulated ears, and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant species exhibit sexual ...

1994 - only since this year have we been able to see their natural migration routes 22 months - gestation period of the African Elephant "Musth" is the testosterone-fuelled frenzy that prompts ...

African elephants population is declining due to poaching and habitat loss African elephants are primarily threatened by poaching and habitat loss. Poaching for ivory remains a persistent issue ...

And scientists are using these images to count African elephants from space ... The breakthrough could allow up to 5,000 sq km of elephant habitat to be surveyed on a single cloud-free day.

There are currently around 415,000 African elephants in the world ... besides destroying the elephants’ natural habitat, this also brings the elephants into much closer contact with humans.

African elephants face threats from poachers, with thousands of them illegally killed each year for their tusks. They also face habitat loss due to expanding human settlements.