More than 145,000 African forest elephants roam the rainforests of Africa, according to a recent population assessment.

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya's president set fire Saturday to 105 tons of elephant ivory and more than 1 ton of rhino horn, believed to be the largest stockpile ever destroyed, in a dramatic statement by ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks. The research was published ...

President Ali Bongo set a pyre of ivory aflame on June 27 in a symbolic warning to poachers in Gabon: We will fight to protect our elephants. He publicly ignited a total of 4,825 kilograms (about ...