The Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which has a program aimed at sustaining the zoo population, said about 160 African elephants currently live in U.S. zoos. Breeding plans are underway at ...

Births of African elephants at Disney are planned through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan, a program to help “ensure the responsible breeding of endangered animals in ...

With reproduction rates hovering around 5 to 6 percent, there are simply not enough calves being born to make up for the losses from poaching. African elephants are also losing their habitat as ...

Now, for the first time in half-a-decade, a camera trap has captured video footage of the solitary giant, offering a haunting ...

One way of measuring connectivity is to collar elephants. This helps us to monitor how elephants move across habitats and whether they are using ‘wildlife corridors’ in search of food, water or ...

Although elephants are difficult to count, one estimate suggests that the African continent may have been home to some 26 million elephants at the beginning of the 19th century. That number has ...