According to Elephant Human Relations Aid (EHRA), a conservation organization in Namibia, an estimated 62 desert dwelling elephants live in the dried up river beds of Namibia’s Southern Kunene ...

Desert elephants have made their home in the Namib desert—an arid region located in the northwest of the country. This is probably the toughest place on Earth to be an elephant.

There are about 150 desert elephants here, and Dr. Kahumbu tells us that they’re the exact same species as elephants on the savanna, but they’ve adapted so specifically to this environment, if ...

Namibia intends to "cull" 21 elephants in the dry north-west of the country where a small population of desert elephants roam. In a statement issued on Monday, the Namibian Ministry of Environment ...

The term "desert elephant" is not totally correct, game warden Taiwin Garoeb notes. "They are elephants who have adapted to the desert climate. They can cover long distances to the next watering ...

Between 1970 and 1980, desert elephants disappeared completely from the Ugab River area, but in the late 1990s they began to return and today several herds roam freely in these parts.

PALMWAY, Namibia — Fresh dung. Tracks in the sand of the Namib Desert. The black rhinoceros can't be far away. Wildlife rangers Stefanus Ganuseb, 42, and Fritz Hoeb, 45, are patrolling on foot ...