Africa’s largest elephant DNA study reveals growing genetic isolation as habitats shrink, raising urgent concerns for conservation.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades.

ASHEBORO, N.C. (WECT) — C’sar, the North Carolina Zoo’s longest-tenured resident and the oldest African bull elephant in the United States, died Dec. 19 at 51 years old. The elephant died peacefully ...

In the largest genomic mapping of Africa's elephants to date, an international team of researchers shows that elephant ...

A new elephant DNA map reveals growing isolation across Africa, raising concerns about inbreeding and long-term survival.

ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Six African elephants live at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. One of them is the oldest African male elephant in the country, and as Shannon Smith shows us, he just ...

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 ...

It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like ...