Read an excerpt from 'Mammals of India' by A.J.T. Johnsingh and P.O. Nameer, the first comprehensive guide documenting more ...

Baka and Bantu community elders highlight the importance of protecting biodiversity Indigenous communities like the Baka have lived in and around the forests of the Congo Basin for centuries. They ...

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LUMEZI, Zambia—Three-year-old Dickson Ngwira was deep into his afternoon nap when half a dozen elephants, using trunks as trowels, gouged a five-foot-wide hole in the brick wall near his bed. His ...

Nairobi, Kenya - Thursday, November 27 - They say an elephant never forgets - and it turns out they can learn to adapt to drones! Once seen as a source of alarm, drones are now proving to be ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Years of elephant movement data reveal distinct routes the animals take to access food and water, but road building and new rail lines, towns, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Iain Douglas-Hamilton, a British-born zoologist and conservationist who dedicated much of his life to protecting elephants, has died, his Save the Elephants group said Tuesday.

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In Southern Africa, people live alongside elephants, but not always peacefully. The growing reports of human-elephant conflict have triggered calls ...

A herd of wild elephants walk through the savanna of Tarangire National Park in Tanzania, East Africa© MPH Photos/Shutterstock.com Elephants have been targeted for financial gain for decades. Both ...