After more than three years of work, the Safari Park’s new elephant habitat is set to open to the public Thursday, providing visitors up-close viewing of the park’s herd of eight endangered African ...

By David Brown A continent-wide genomic study of both savanna and forest elephants in Africa has found that African elephants once roamed widely, both species exchanging genes throughout their range.

Conservationists have sounded the alarm for decades that habitat fragmentation is just as devastating to elephant populations in Africa as poaching. Until recently, those warnings have often been ...

Two large watering holes to swim in, acres of rare and endangered plants plus a two-story restaurant that resembles a lodge on an African safari. Those are some of the features in a new habitat under ...

Savanna and forest elephants overall have good genetic health Isolated populations exist in Ethiopia, Eritrea, elsewhere Findings are in largest genomic study of African elephants April 16 (Reuters) - ...

There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant. The African savanna elephant and the Asian elephant are listed as ...

Why they matter: Elephants shape ecosystems by creating water sources, dispersing seeds, and maintaining savanna landscapes, benefiting countless other species. What’s threatening them: Poaching, ...

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 ...

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 ...