It found large-scale declines in both species of African elephants – the African forest elephant (L. cyclotis) and the larger African bush elephant (L. africana). In just over half a century ...

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The forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of two living African elephant species, the other being the savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana). Historically, forest elephants thrived in the dense ...

Researchers unveiled on Monday what they called the most comprehensive assessment of the status of the two African elephant ...

In heavily forested Gabon, elephants are increasingly wandering into villages and destroying crops, angering the local ...

The ivory trade, loss of vital habitat and a deeper understanding of elephant biology have all combined to reveal a previously underestimated threat to Africa's elephants. African forest elephants ...

African forest elephants, which inhabit the dense rainforests of west and central Africa, are smaller than their African savanna elephant cousins. Poaching for ivory and loss of habitat have led ...

A new study has analyzed 53 years of population survey data and found large-scale declines in most populations of both species of African elephants. From 1964–2016, forest elephant populations ...

At the same time, it is officially identifying African elephants as two distinct species: savanna elephants and forest elephants. The reclassification — part of an update to IUCN’s Red List of ...

Researchers unveiled on Nov 11 what they called the most comprehensive assessment of the status of the two African elephant species – the savanna elephant and forest elephant – using data on ...

They found "large-scale declines" in most populations of both species of African elephants. From 1964 to 2016, forest elephant populations decreased on average by 90%, while savanna elephant ...