Savanna elephants are surveyed by spotters in planes. A new study found large-scale declines in African elephants in the first continent-wide analysis of population survey data. Credit ...
Savanna elephants have declined by about 70% and forest elephants by about 90% on average in the surveyed sites. "The loss of large mammals is a significant ecological issue for Africa and the ...
Researchers unveiled on Monday what they called the most comprehensive assessment of the status of the two African elephant species - the savanna elephant and forest elephant - using data on ...
Over 53 years of surveys, forest elephant populations decreased on average by 90%, and savanna elephant populations fell on average by 70%. Habitat loss and poaching have driven dramatic declines ...
From 1964–2016, forest elephant populations decreased on average by 90%, and savanna elephant populations fell on average by 70%. In combination, populations declined by 77% on average.