The team compiled data from 475 sites in 37 countries, making it the most comprehensive assessment of African elephants to date. They found "large-scale declines" in most populations of both ...

African elephant populations are at risk of extinction A comprehensive study has documented alarming declines in both African savanna and forest elephant populations. Researchers analysed data ...

RANGE: Savannah elephants live in sub-Saharan Africa occur in small populations of West and Central Africa, including the countries: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin ...

Poaching is the main cause for the elephant population to have declined by 1,11,000 over the past 10 years in Africa, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. According to ...