Scientists fit tracking device to Hwange elephants

In a groundbreaking conservation effort, scientists have successfully fitted GPS-enabled satellite collars to eight African savannah elephants in the Hwange National Park region. This initiative, whic...

Botswana proposes hunting and trade as elephant population declines.

The results of the recent and most extensive elephant population survey of Botswana estimates the country’s population at 126,000 elephants, a further decline from 131,600 reporte...

Elephant numbers across Africa decrease by a third in just seven years - survey

A pan-African survey of African savannah elephants has revealed declines of a staggering 30 percent - 144,000 elephants -between 2007 and 2014 in the areas covered by the survey. The Paul G. A...