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Scientists reveal concerning threat to already endangered elephants: 'A leading cause of death'

Kenya's Wildlife and Tourism ministry revealed that rising global temperatures now pose a bigger threat to elephants than ...

The man who helped change the fate of Africa's elephants

Hamilton, the zoologist who dedicated his life to saving Africa’s elephants from systematic slaughter—despite being nearly ...

Iain Douglas-Hamilton, British zoologist and Save the Elephants founder, dies at 83

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Iain Douglas-Hamilton, a British-born zoologist and conservationist who dedicated much of his life to ...
New Scientist

IUCN report finds more African forest elephants than we thought

Analysing the elephants' faeces for DNA has given a more accurate count, bumping their numbers by 16 per cent compared with ...
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Prohibition of ivory trade: Charting a new path in elephant conservation

Now that a proposal to relax the prohibition on commercial trade in elephant ivory has been rejected – once again- at the ...
AZ Animals

The World’s Most Endangered Animals in 2025 — and What’s Being Done to Save Them

Unfortunately, one million endangered species could become extinct. On World Wildlife Day, learn who is at risk and how to ...
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DNA methods help uncover critically endangered African Forest Elephants

A new assessment of African Forest Elephants reveals an estimated 135,690 individuals, with an additional 7,728 to 10,990 ...
IFLScience on MSN

There Could Be 10,000 More African Forest Elephants Than We Thought – But They’re Still Critically Endangered

African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) were only recognized as a species separate from the African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana) in 2021. Now, new evidence and survey techniques have ...
The Purdue Exponent

Survey raises estimate of African forest elephant numbers

DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate -- and higher -- population estimate ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature

DNA methods help uncover further African Forest Elephants – but species remains critically endangered

A new assessment of African Forest Elephants reveals an estimated 135,690 individuals 1, with an additional 7,728 to 10,990 elephants based on more tentative ‘guesses’. Updated methods provide a ...