Explore a country-by-country look at the population status of the African savanna elephant. The Great Elephant Census surveyed sites throughout the continent in 2014 and 2015. During this period ...
African forest elephants are now critically endangered, an update from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reveals. Savanna elephants are also endangered. And "declines ...
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 ...
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 ...
Researchers have monitored the numbers of forest and savanna elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis, L. africana) in different parts of Africa since the 1960s. However, few studies have compiled all ...
At the same time, it is officially identifying African elephants as two distinct species: savanna elephants and forest elephants. The reclassification — part of an update to IUCN’s Red List of ...
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.
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 ...