By Victoria Gill - Science correspondent, BBC News 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 are now critically...
By Kerry Reals, FlightGlobal Global wildlife trafficking has risen to become one of the largest organised crimes in the world, and airlines are unwitting accomplices. As the global air transport network expands, so do opportunities for traffickers to ship illegal...
By Lilian Wamathai, Kenyans A photo of a British soldier admitting to killing the elephants has caused an uproar on social media after it made rounds both in Kenya and in the UK. "Two months in Kenya later and we've only got eight days left. Been good, caused a fire,...
By Patrick Greenfield - The Guardian From their ears, tusks and legs to their family lifestyles and habitats, here are the key differences. There are now three recognised species of elephant – the Asian elephant, the African savanna elephant and the African forest...
By Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor African nations step up pressure on Tokyo Government to close ivory market ahead of March 29 government meeting. Letters from four African nations have been sent to the Governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike, pleading to protect elephants from...
By Reuters Preliminary investigations into a fresh wave of elephants deaths in Botswana have ruled out anthrax and bacterial infections as the cause, the environment ministry said on Wednesday, as this year’s death toll rose to 39 from the 11 reported in January. The...
By Bloomberg Botswana is offering rights to shoot 287 elephants as the southern African country, which has the world’s biggest population of the animals, tries to breathe life into a hunting industry stalled by the Covid-19 outbreak. The hunting season will begin...
By Ronald Musoke, The Independent When hundreds of elephants crossed from Queen Elizabeth National Park to Congo’s Virunga National Park late last year, Congolese conservationists were excited to see the big numbers of the jumbos back after a long time. The Congolese...
By Manda Banda - Intelligent CIO Dell Technologies has announced a collaboration with South African non-profit Elephants Alive, to deploy Dell Latitude Rugged and Dell Precision mobile workstations which will facilitate field research in the conservation of the...
By Emmanuel Ntirenganya - The New Times The amended law on biodiversity and wildlife has recommended penal sanctions against poachers and those who engage in trafficking of wildlife as a way of protecting biodiversity and wildlife. The relevance of the bill,...