GENEVA— In a long-awaited move, the International Union for Conservation of Nature announced today that elephants in Africa face a ... the last 75 years. Both forest and savanna elephants are ...

loss of habitat, human-elephant conflict, and political instability provide significant long-term challenges to their survival. Importantly, despite compelling genetic research concluding that two ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the African forest ... elephant (Loxodonta africana) as Endangered. Increased human activity has further fragmented their habitats ...

This remarkable photograph above of the critically endangered African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) was captured using a camera trap. The image is included in photographer Will Burrard ...

Forest elephant populations throughout Central and West Africa have declined from 700,000 to 100,000 animals over the past several decades, primarily due to poaching and habitat loss. In Central ...