Rural communities on the border between the African countries of Malawi and Zambia are threatening to sue an international ...

Two-part documentary seris in which Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall explores what can be done to stop the killing of African elephants for their ivory.

Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic ...

Since the last major ice age, populations of large animals have dwindled. These declines have directly affected climate ...

In Kenya, a new kind of fence made of beehives keeps elephants at bay Graeme Shannon, a wildlife ecologist at Bangor University in Wales, UK, who has studied African elephants for two decades ...

Malawi’s parks department did not reply to emailed questions on the problems with the elephants in Kasungu. The case reflects the difficulties many African countries are faced with when ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rural farming communities ... animal conservation group over the relocation of more than 260 elephants to their area, which their lawyers say have killed at ...