The new assessment totals 135,690 forest elephants, 16 percent more than the figure estimated in 2016, with an additional ...

WALKING THUNDER: ODE TO THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT, a powerful new wildlife documentary by acclaimed photographers and conservationists Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson, will premiere on Friday, August 15 ...

Revealing the disturbing, inhumane conditions for elephants being held in captivity in zoos, filmmaker Fern Levitt puts a spotlight on Lucy, a 49-year-old elephant being held at the Edmonton Valley ...

The short documentary details the cruelty and exploitation suffered by Joyce, an African elephant taken from the wild more than 30 years ago. Joyce, an African elephant, was taken from the wilds of ...

His groundbreaking field research was instrumental in banning the international ivory trade and protecting elephants from ...

Elephants are vital to ecosystems. Learn interesting facts and how WWF works to protect them across Africa and Asia.

National Geographic announced it has acquired the streaming rights to "Ghost Elephants," which is written, directed and narrated by Werner Herzog and features National Geographic Explorer Steve Boyes.

What’s in a name? People use unique names to address each other, but we’re one of only a handful of animal species known to do that, including bottlenose dolphins. Finding more animals with names and ...

African elephants are known to recognize groups of humans, to test electric fences with their tusks to avoid injury, and (of course) can remember paths to resources passed down to them decades earlier ...

Many key differences separate African elephant from Asian elephants. Not only are they found in completely separate parts of the world, but they live in different habitats as well. The African ...