India has roughly 30,000 wild Asian elephants, the largest population outside Africa, and each year trains kill between 20 ...

Threats to the Asian elephant are habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and degradation, human-elephant conflict (HEC) and poaching for ivory and meat. In spite of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, ...

In “Arthashastra”, an ancient Indian manual on statecraft, elephants were prized assets. Kings presented them to forge alliances. Generals relied on them to destroy the gates of forts. Today Ganesha, ...

People have had a devastating impact on African elephant and rhino numbers, but in parts of Africa we’re helping these amazing animals to recover People have had a devastating impact on African ...

In the largest genomic mapping of Africa's elephants to date, an international team of researchers shows that elephant history is defined by the ability to move across large distances and exchange ...