Elephants are vital to ecosystems. Learn interesting facts and how WWF works to protect them across Africa and Asia.

African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) were only recognized as a species separate from the African savannah elephant ...

African elephant populations are sometimes thought to differ only by the location of the animals, but, evolutionarily speaking, forest and savannah elephants are as separate genetically as Asian ...

The new “Dumbo” live-action movie that opens March 29 is one of the most anticipated films of the spring and everybody’s talking about it. So here are some cool things to know about real elephants, as ...

They say an elephant never forgets—and it turns out they can learn to adapt to drones. Once seen as a source of alarm, drones ...

The African Savanna (Bush) elephant is the world's largest land animal – with adult males, or bull elephants, standing up to 3m high and weighing up to 6,000kg on average. Males only reach their full ...

A new tool uses an interactive database of geographic and genetic information to help authorities quickly identify where the confiscated tusks of African elephants were originally poached. Developed ...

The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a key wildlife haven near Antarctica, scientists warned Thursday.

A female elephant succumbed in the Chandaka forest despite extensive efforts by nine veterinarians who worked tirelessly to ...