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Tourists reflect on terrifying moment elephant charged them on African safari

Shutterstock Image Two tourists are lucky to be alive after an African safari turned into a nightmare. A wild elephant began ...
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

What’s the difference between Asian and African elephants? And 10 other elephant facts

Elephants are vital to ecosystems. Learn interesting facts and how WWF works to protect them across Africa and Asia.
IFLScience

There Could Be 10,000 More African Forest Elephants Than We Thought – But They’re Still Critically Endangered

The new assessment totals 135,690 forest elephants, 16 percent more than the figure estimated in 2016, with an additional ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

DNA methods help uncover further African Forest Elephants – but species remains critically endangered

A new assessment of African Forest Elephants reveals an estimated 135,690 individuals1, with an additional 7,728 to 10,990 ...
New Scientist

IUCN report finds more African forest elephants than we thought

Analysing the elephants' faeces for DNA has given a more accurate count, bumping their numbers by 16 per cent compared with ...