A recent study suggests that the large mammals may seek out parts of bananas and papayas when they’re suffering from gut parasites, sparking a cross-species exchange of pharmaceutical knowledge ...

African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) were only recognized as a species separate from the African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana) in 2021. Now, new evidence and survey techniques have ...

Over 300 personnel are trying to locate the animal, but the elephant keeps slipping away into the forest.

A hunt is under way for a single-tusked elephant that has killed at least 20 people in India, forcing villagers into lockdown.

A female elephant was found dead in Bolangir’s Muribahal range. Forest officials launched an investigation as the cause ...

Children and the elderly are among the dead, as well as a professional elephant handler, officials said.

Markets in the Central African Republic offer all the jungle's delicacies, including monkey, chimpanzee, antelope and, if you have the cash, even elephant. Hunters kill the elephants and cut off the ...

African forest elephants, which inhabit the dense rainforests of west and central Africa, are smaller than their African savanna elephant cousins. Poaching for ivory and loss of habitat have led to a ...

DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate -- and higher -- population estimate for the elusive animal, but the species remains critically endangered, a ...

Indian officials are hunting a wild elephant with a single tusk that they said killed at least 20 people this month in ...

A horrifying incident has come to light regarding the death of an elephant in the Belghar forest range in Odisha.

The first authoritative population assessment for African forest elephants estimates there are more than 145,000 individuals. Researchers say new survey techniques relying on sampling DNA from ...