In a study published in Systematic Biology, researchers from Imperial College London, UCL, Dalhousie University and the ...

Genetic research has raised the possibility that the two classic forms of elephant in Africa are separate species rather than subspecies of Loxodonta africana. Museum research has uncovered ...

On top of this, loss of habitat, human-elephant conflict, and political instability provide significant long-term challenges to their survival. Importantly, despite compelling genetic research ...

African savanna elephants weigh nearly twice as much as their forest counterparts, yet many have considered them merely different populations of the same species. But new genetic evidence finally puts ...

Elephants and other animals such as cheetahs are hunted for “sport" as well. The threat for all these species continues today. Other threats include pollution, hunting for wild game meat (bushmeat), ...

Once widespread in India, Asian elephants are now restricted to northeastern, northwestern, central and southern India. Though their numbers are hard to quantify, this endangered species of elephant ...