The conservation project was supposed to rebuild the elephant population. It became a cautionary tale instead.

(John Stillwell/POOL/AFP) Scottish conservationist Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who pioneered new understandings of African elephants and made protecting the giant pachyderms a life-long passion, has died ...

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They say an elephant never forgets—and it turns out they can learn to adapt to drones. Once seen as a source of alarm, drones are now proving to be surprisingly elephant-friendly and a valuable ...

Nir Kalron was once an Israeli commando, then private security consultant to African leaders, and a dealer of legal arms. Today he's working with... Former Commando Turns Conservationist To Save ...

A new study has revealed that African Elephants have an extraordinary ability to meet their colossal food requirements as efficiently as possible. Data from over 150 elephants demonstrated that these ...

The genetic analysis detected 367 different plant species across the samples. More remarkably, individual elephants showed ...