DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species ... more rounded foreheads and less curvature in their spines. HABITAT: Forest elephants occupy the rainforests of ...

loss of habitat, human-elephant conflict, and political instability provide significant long-term challenges to their survival. Importantly, despite compelling genetic research concluding that two ...

In an article discussing the paper, the authors set out three key recommendations to reverse the downward trends, one of ...

Years' effort of afforestation and forest ... forests into a habitat of a growing number of wildlife species in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province. There are by now big caravans of elephants, with ...

A new study has revealed that African Elephants have an extraordinary ... to help protect these iconic animals and their habitats. Being an elephant is no easy task. As massive herbivores weighing ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the African forest elephant ... likely play a role in elephants’ movement decisions and habitat selection.

Today, according to a study by Kouakou et al., published in PLOS ONE in October, extensive habitat loss and poaching have left a mere 225 forest elephants in the country. The study authors state that ...

Elephants are one of the iconic animals that people travel thousands of miles to see. But have you ever wondered if elephants are endangered? Well, unfortunately, these huge animals — the largest land ...