Elephants in Borneo's rainforest aren't just being poached—they're being decapitated. As the New York Times reports, Malaysian wildlife officials say at least 13 endangered Bornean elephants have been ...

A leading conservation group has warned of surging elephant poaching in parts of Botswana and estimated nearly 400 were killed across the country in 2017 and 2018, according to a report published ...

JOHANNESBURG -- One of Africa's largest wildlife preserves is marking a year without a single elephant found killed by poachers, which experts call an extraordinary development in an area larger than ...

One of Africa's largest wildlife preserves says it's been a year since it found an elephant that was killed by poachers. The last time an elephant in the Niassa Reserve was recorded killed by a ...

At one time, poaching was the biggest threat to elephants in Africa. As these majestic creatures were slaughtered by the thousands for their tusks, it became abundantly clear that African elephants ...

Some 62% of African elephants have disappeared from the continent over the last decade. The reason? In central African forests, “elephants are being poached out of existence for their ivory,” wrote ...

Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) have found that poaching is an emerging crisis for Asian elephants in Myanmar. Researchers first became aware of the crisis while ...

In September, conservationists in Botswana discovered 87 dead elephants, their faces hacked off and tusks missing. Poaching, the researchers warned, was on the rise. The news had international ...

What is the African elephant? African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are slightly larger than their ...