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

Unless you know what to look for, you may not notice the differences between an African elephant vs. Asian elephant. These two elephant species belong to different genuses and have many distinguishing ...

The new assessment totals 135,690 forest elephants, 16 percent more than the figure estimated in 2016, with an additional 7,728-10,990 individuals based on more tentative work. If factoring in both ...

Populations of the African forest and savanna elephant have declined sharply. The populations of Africa's elephants are now in more danger than they ever have been. The African forest elephant is now ...

Indian elephants are one of three extant subspecies of Asian elephants. Smaller than African elephants, Indian elephants have convex backs with their highest body point on their heads. Males reach an ...

LIWONDE NATIONAL PARK, Malawi -- Half a dozen African elephants lay strewn on a riverside plain in Malawi, immobilized by darts fired from a helicopter in a massive project to move 500 elephants, by ...

(Reuters) - African elephants are Earth's largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. They also are in peril. Fresh evidence of this comes in a study that ...

Zoo Atlanta's newest addition is Titan the African elephant. Sixteen-year-old Titan came to Atlanta from a Kansas zoo on the recommendation of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The zoo now has ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium is mourning the loss of Lois, an African elephant who resided at the zoo for more than four decades. “At 47 years old, Lois was considered a ...

A new study shows how African elephant poop helps make American-made guitars — and how poaching of elephants is contributing to a decrease in ebony trees. The world is connected in surprising ways. A ...

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 ...