African forest elephants are harder to study than their savanna relatives. They move through dense rainforest, often unseen, leaving behind tracks, dung, broken vegetation, and other subtle signs.

April 16 (Reuters) - The largest genomic study of African elephants to date has found that both species - savanna and forest elephants - remain in generally good genetic health despite long-term ...

Wildlife censuses carried out in four Central African countries have revealed that forest elephant populations have declined by approximately 66 per cent over eight years in an area covering almost 6 ...

GENEVA, Nov 27 (Reuters) - There are thousands more endangered African forest elephants than previously thought, thanks to a new counting method using the DNA extracted from their dung, a study showed ...

An African forest elephant — nicknamed the "ghost elephant" due to its incredibly infrequent sightings — was spotted in Senegal for the first time in five years earlier this June. Remote camera ...

Elephants in Rwanda. In the largest genomic study of African elephants to date, an international team of researchers analysed 232 whole genomes from both savanna and forest elephants, collected across ...

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See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google No, this photo-bombing pachyderm is not an apparition, a phantasm or a spooky specter. He is the only African forest ...