But the Biden administration’s long-awaited rules are fueling fierce debates over protection of the species both at home and abroad. The Fish and Wildlife Service finalized new rules Friday intended ...

An African forest elephant calf, the first of the endangered species ever born in Japan, made its media debut on Tuesday at a ...

It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like ...

Zoo officials said the elephant, named Ruth, lost her footing after aggressive behavior from a fellow African elephant.

Shankar, the only African elephant at Delhi Zoo, has died after days of poor appetite, officials confirmed on Thursday. Gifted by Zimbabwe in 1996, his death has prompted an inquiry to determine the ...

The sharp reduction of their population has a knock-on effect on the Congo Basin forest itself. This is because African ...

(NEW YORK) — The populations of Africa’s elephants are now in more danger than they ever have been. The African forest elephant is now listed as critically endangered, and the African savanna elephant ...

With African elephants endangered, a UCLA-led study says their decline could ripple from the rainforest to the concert stage—revealing a critical link between the threatened species and pianos and ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for releasing a final rule today that provides additional Endangered Species Act protections for ...

New data from satellites has provided further evidence that the deaths of hundreds of endangered Botswanan elephants were the result of climate change. A new analysis found that the mass die-off in ...

The overall declining trend of both African elephant species calls for increased support by donors, governments of the elephant range states, and the international community to ensure that elephant ...

An international conservation organization has listed African elephants as critically endangered after a sharp population decline. The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of ...