African Elephant Numbers Plummet 30 Percent, Landmark Survey Finds. An unprecedented census gives a sobering baseline for managing what’s left of Africa’s elephants.

National Geographic Explorer Joyce Poole reflects on her life’s achievement: an ethogram cataloguing nearly 50 years of data on African elephant behavior.

In December 2023, a 10-year-old African elephant disappeared from her herd in Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve.When she returned a month later, she was accompanied by two unrelated females ...

There were over 10 million African elephants in the early 20th century, but it’s estimated that there are now less than 400,000, according to the Great Elephant Census.

Josephine Smit, who studies elephant behavior as a researcher with the Southern Tanzania Elephant Program, says that among the female elephants she tracks at Ruaha National Park, an area that was ...

In June 2018, the government of Botswana put together a committee to advise on whether the trophy hunting ban should be lifted. Implemented in 2014 under then-President Ian Khama, the goal was to ...

This dinosaur’s skull was light as air but its mouth was packed with power—and a unique ability to quickly grow teeth. Here’s ...

The National Museum of Natural History recently spruced up its iconic African elephant mount, which has greeted visitors since 1959 Jack Tamisiea A team of specialists gently blows dust off of the ...