AFRICA: SURVEYING elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa ...

A GRUESOME discovery of a baby elephant's carcass with a wire snare around its neck has sparked outrage among conservationists operating in Lake Kariba's fishing camps. The tragic incident occurred ...

Environmentalists have urged the Trump administration to reverse its decision to cut off funding for key conservation work ...

Declining elephant numbers are not surprising, given the level of ivory poaching and the degree of human population growth and associated landscape modification across Africa over the past 60 years.

Declining elephant numbers are not surprising, given the level of ivory poaching and the degree of human population growth and associated landscape modification across Africa over the past 60 years.

Poachers in Neruppur near Pennagaram in Dharmapuri district are believed to have killed an elephant for its tusks before setting the carcass on fire to destroy evidence. The incident happened on ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least three elephants were shot dead and five zebras, four antelopes and one buffalo have been killed by snares set by poachers in Tanzania's eastern district ...

After all, iconic species like rhinos and elephants are increasingly threatened by poaching and habitat loss in the wild. This week, poachers in Europe and Africa made two particularly notable ...