DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species ... trade pressures, habitat conversion due to the expansion of natural resource extraction and logging, and civil ...

Both Asian and African elephant species are either endangered or critically endangered, with fewer than half a million of ...

Blanca Ojanguren, a 22-year-old student from Spain, was killed by an elephant on Friday during a bathing session at Koh Yao ...

African bush elephants are the largest ... besides destroying the elephants’ natural habitat, this also brings the elephants into much closer contact with humans. As a result of being driven ...

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.

The ivory trade, loss of vital habitat and a deeper understanding of elephant biology have all combined to reveal a previously underestimated threat to Africa's elephants. African forest elephants ...

DESCRIPTION: Savannah elephants are the larger of the two African elephant species ... more rounded foreheads and less curvature in their spines. HABITAT: Savannah elephants occupy the savannah, ...