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Massive Bull Elephant with Towering Tusks Roams the Savanna

Massive bull elephant with towering tusks roams the savanna. Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of ...
Daily Maverick

Unsustainable elephant hunting is a growing economic risk for Botswana, says report

When poaching amplifies the effect of higher hunting quotas, it is bad news for the future of Botswana’s elephant population ...

Survey raises estimate of African forest elephant numbers

DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate—and higher—population estimate for the elusive animal, but the species remains critically endangered, a study ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

DNA methods help uncover further African Forest Elephants – but species remains critically endangered

A new assessment of African Forest Elephants reveals an estimated 135,690 individuals1, with an additional 7,728 to 10,990 ...
IFLScience

There Could Be 10,000 More African Forest Elephants Than We Thought – But They’re Still Critically Endangered

The new assessment totals 135,690 forest elephants, 16 percent more than the figure estimated in 2016, with an additional ...
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How to See the Big Five Around Victoria Falls Without Blowing Your Budget

Base in Livingstone or Victoria Falls to pair wallet-friendly safaris in Chobe and Mosi-oa-Tunya with the roar and spray of ...
The New York Times

Bird Flu Ravaged the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Study Finds

After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared. Many southern elephant seals breed on the beaches of South Georgia island ...
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Kansas City Zoo mourning the loss of 47-year-old African elephant

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium is mourning the loss of Lois, an African elephant who resided at the zoo for more than four decades. “At 47 years old, Lois was considered a ...
KSHB Kansas City

Lois, a 47-year-old elephant at KC Zoo, has died

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lois, an African elephant who called the Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium home for over 40 years, has died. Zookeepers said Lois had been facing increasing challenges with movement in ...
CBS News

Pittsburgh Zoo moving 2 elephants to conservation center with hope of growing herd

Two of the African elephants at the Pittsburgh Zoo are on the move. The zoo says female elephants Victoria and Zuri will be moving to the International Conservation Center in Somerset. The zoo says ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Ruth, Milwaukee County Zoo's geriatric elephant, has been euthanized after latest fall

Ruth, a 43-year-old geriatric elephant at the Milwaukee County Zoo, was euthanized after a second fall. The elephant was first injured in early September after a tussle with another elephant but had ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Ruth, a Milwaukee zoo elephant, lived to 43. What to know about her lifespan, personality

Milwaukee is mourning the loss of Ruth, a 43-year-old African savanna elephant who was humanely euthanized Sept. 20 after falling for the second time in a month. While Ruth wasn't the oldest elephant ...