The practice takes place near homes and rivers. Researchers show large chunks of critically important forest are being ...

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 ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The intricate web of cracks and crevices that gives African elephants their distinctive look is, in fact, an essential ...

Importantly, despite compelling genetic research concluding that two species of African elephants exist — forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) and savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) — Africa's ...

Multiple species of Rhinos are critically endangered, including Black rhinos, Javan rhinos, Northern white rhinos (a ...

DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species. They also have straighter, thinner tusks, more rounded ears and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant species ...