Researchers have monitored the numbers of forest and savanna elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis, L. africana) in different parts of Africa since the 1960s. However, few stud­­ies have compiled all ...

DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species. They also have straighter, thinner tusks, more rounded ears and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant species ...

African forest elephants, which inhabit the dense rainforests of west and central Africa, are smaller than their African savanna elephant cousins. Poaching for ivory and loss of habitat have led ...

A new study reveals alarming declines in African elephant populations, with savanna elephants down 70% and forest elephants down 90% since 1964. Poaching and habitat loss are the primary drivers, ...

Beginning with the conservation of African forest elephants, this collaborative effort seeks to combine IBM's technological ...

There are two forms of African elephant, with different distributions and very marked physical differences: A 2004 expedition to Ghana studied a population of elephants in the transition zone between ...

The study spans a period of 53 years, from 1964 to 2016, and represents the most comprehensive assessment of African elephant populations ever undertaken. The researchers found that forest ...

A new study reveals alarming declines in African elephant populations, with savanna elephants down 70% and forest elephants down 90% since 1964. Poaching and habitat loss are the primary drivers ...

Researchers unveiled on Monday what they called the most comprehensive assessment of the status of the two African elephant species - the savanna elephant and forest elephant - using data on ...

Test how much you've learnt about the forest elephant in this quiz! Andy, Jen and Scout headed to the Congolese Basin in Central Africa to meet the forest elephant. BBC Homepage ...

A new study has revealed alarming decline in African elephant populations, with forest elephant numbers plummeting by 90% and savanna elephant populations by 70% over the past five decades.