A similar human impact is believed to have affected the Asian elephants also. Furthermore, heavy poaching of “big tuskers,” male elephants with large tusks, removes them from the breeding gene ...

African bush elephants and Asian elephants are considered to be ... The main threat that elephants face is poaching. Up to 30,000 elephants are killed every year for their tusks.

But none of this implies that we are near the end of the elephant poaching crisis. Tens of thousands of elephants continue to be killed ... process – under which 19 African and Asian countries were ...

The internet has fallen in love with an elephant calf born to Asian elephant Rose-Tu on Saturday. The Oregon Zoo has yet to announce a name.

Once widespread in India, Asian elephants are now restricted to northeastern, northwestern, central and southern India. Though their numbers are hard to quantify, this endangered species of elephant ...

Asian elephants, one of three elephant species ... community support and anti-poaching measures to secure the future of these unique elephants. There is also an urgent need to establish wildlife ...