Named after Ousmane Sarr, a veteran park ranger who dedicated his life to protecting Niokolo-Koba's endangered species, the elephant steps silently into view in the black-and-white footage. His large ...

Elephants have long been thought of as either African or Asian. But there are actually two species of African elephant: The savanna elephant is larger, has curving tusks, and roams the open plains ...

The Red List of Threatened Species, put together by an important conservation group, delivers dire news about Africa's elephant populations. 2 African elephant species now listed as endangered, 1 ...

Africa’s two elephant species are declared endangered, one critically. by Joseph Guzman | March 25, 2021 | Mar. 25, 2021 Story at a glance.

The Bornean elephant has been classed as endangered, with just 1,000 animals left in the wild, the latest assessment of threatened species has warned.

Humans have been over-exploiting African elephants for centuries. More than 2,000 years ago, the Roman Empire’s demand for ivory led to the extinction of genetically distinct elephant ...

Videos show how African elephants may be the first nonhuman species to use vocal name-like identifiers for each other, suggesting "the capacity for some degree of symbolic thought,"; researchers said.

Tiny Elephant Shrew Resurfaces After More Than 50 Years On Lost Species List The mouse-size Somali sengi — a kind of elephant shrew with a pointy nose and large, adorable eyes — was thought to ...

Those fighting for the survival of the African elephant population, which is classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, and whose numbers international NGO Pro Wildlife says dropped from 10 ...