African elephants range throughout the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa and the rainforests of Central and West Africa. The ...

Even as African elephants struggle to recover from decades-old poaching, the animals face new and renewed threats today.

Eastern Africa – the region most affected by poaching – has experienced an almost 50% elephant population reduction, largely attributed to an over 60% decline in Tanzania’s elephant population.

The current elephant poaching crisis costs African countries around US$25 million annually in lost tourism revenue, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications. Comparing ...

“African elephant populations continue to face an immediate threat to their survival from high-levels of poaching for their ivory, especially in Central and West Africa where the situation ...

Poaching deaths now account for nearly 65 percent of African elephant deaths, up from 25 percent a decade ago. At that rate, elephants could be extinct within the next 100 years.

World Elephant Day is observed annually on August 12 to raise awareness about elephant protection. The day highlights India’s ...

Elephant poaching is likely driven by need, not greed, according to findings published this month in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Fewer elephants were poached where humans were healthier ...

World Elephant Day, observed annually on August 12, highlights the urgent need to protect these keystone species. Initiated ...

Almost 90 elephant carcasses have been found during a survey of elephant populations in northern Botswana, revealing “unprecedented” levels of poaching in the country, according to Elephants ...

December 31, 2012 / 7:38 PM EST / CBS News (CBS News) NAIROBI, Kenya -- There is an elephant poaching crisis in Africa: 25,000 are killed a year. There is, however, one place of hope near Nairobi.

More elephants are still killed each year than are born because of poaching in Central and West Africa, the analysis on elephant killings said. About 60% of elephant deaths are from poachers.