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As the largest of all land mammals, African elephants play an important role in balancing natural ecosystems. They trample forests and dense grasslands, making room for smaller species to co-exist. Elephants also create water holes used by…

Elephants are still the most poached species for international trade in Sub-Saharan Africa, a three-year project by the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has reported. The research, which focused on U.N. Educational, Scientific and…

The Ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle, once said that elephants were "the animal which surpasses all others in wit and mind."Elephants exhibit a wide variety of behaviors, including those associated with grief, learning, mothering, mimicry, play,…

The Kenya Wildlife Service this weekend concluded an aerial census of elephant and Grevy's zebra populations in the Laikipia-Samburu region, a wildlife-rich area that stretches for almost 18,000 square miles. The elephant population there has…

Kikoti, AP, Griffin, CR and Pamphylia, L. 2010. Elephant use and conflict leads to Tanzania’s first wildlife conservation corridor. Pachyderm. 48: 57–66.

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May 26, 2023 is an important day in Zimbabwe and Zambia’s conservation history following the signing of the Lower Zambezi Mana Pools Transfrontier Conservation Area (LOZAMAP TFCA) Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries. Zimbabwe’s…

A large bull elephant was poached in the Kilimanjaro Heartland on the foothills of Baash about 15 km from Longido town near the Kenya/Tanzanian border. This tragic event occurred in the Lake Natron Game Controlled Area, within a hunting block of…

Concern about the survival of the African elephant is hardly new. In 77 A.D., Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder pondered its potential extinction. By the European Middle Ages, his prediction seemed to be coming true: Thanks to the demand for ivory,…

In the next few weeks, the South African government is facing the decision on how to handle the growing elephant population in Kruger National Park (KNP). The elephant population numbers are about 12,500 and are said to impact negatively on the…

Published in Pachyderm, No. 40, January-June 2006.

Rumors of increased elephant poaching around Africa have circulated for the last year and have now been confirmed in at least one location. Reports from the area around Lewa Downs on the Laikipia plateau in central Kenya indicate a loss of 23…

Have you ever visited an elephant graveyard? It's not like the graveyards you and I know. No neat rows, no gravestones, no tulips. Stark white bones on dusty soil. Stark white bones juxtaposed against green vegetation. …

Nat Geo WILD, in partnership with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), announced today the Rally the Herd public service announcement (PSA) contest, to raise awareness of the plight of the African…