More than 145,000 African forest elephants roam the rainforests of Africa, according to a recent population assessment.

According to AFP, via Phys.org, the new status report showed that 135,690 African forest elephants were alive in 2024. In ...

No, this photo-bombing pachyderm is not an apparition, a phantasm or a spooky specter. He is the only African forest elephant to be spotted — via remote trail cam — in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National ...

The death of a well-known wild animal is an odd kind of news. It is intimate, because so many people feel they have met the ...

A new report shows an increase in estimated forest elephant numbers, but this is a function of better surveying, and the species remains critically endangered. A forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) ...

Markets in the Central African Republic offer all the jungle's delicacies, including monkey, chimpanzee, antelope and, if you have the cash, even elephant. Hunters kill the elephants and cut off the ...

DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate -- and higher -- population estimate for the elusive animal, but the species remains critically endangered, a ...

At least 17 people have been killed and more than 10 injured in a series of elephant attacks across forest villages of the ...

PONGARA NATIONAL PARK, Gabon — Loss of habitat and poaching have made African forest elephants a critically endangered species. Yet the dense forests of sparsely populated Gabon in the Congo River ...

Zimbabwe has stepped up conservation efforts, deploying six newly-graduated Akashinga Rangers to Mana Pools National Park in ...

Hundreds of forest elephants gather at the beach to feed. They are shy animals, and their displays of strength can be playful or a sign of distress. - [Narrator] In the late afternoon, the beach fills ...