Most African elephants are Appendix 1, ... The War on Gaza’s Children. Without safe access to food, water, or medical care, survival has become a daily gamble for the region’s youngest residents.

In the continental war to protect Africa's elephants, the rangers of Garamba National Park in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are manning the frontline.

More elephants are killed each year than are born because of poaching in Central and West Africa, according to a separate report in March on United Nation's World Wildlife Day. About 60% of ...

Armies on both sides hunted African elephants for their tusks, selling the ivory to finance war efforts over 15 years. By 1992, the elephant population in Gorongosa had declined by more than 90%.

A decorated war veteran with two decades' experience in military intelligence, Lt. Col. Faye Cuevas spent half her career providing intelligence support to U.S. counter-insurgencies in Iraq ...

In Africa, Tracker Dogs Join War Against Elephant Poachers. It's all hands (and paws) on deck when it comes to the poaching crisis in Africa.

Many elephants at the Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, Africa, are lacking one distinguishable feature that elephants usually have: tusks. Researchers believe the heavy presence of poaching ...

NAIROBI, KENYA — The markets in the Central African Republic offer all of the jungle’s delicacies, including monkey, chimpanzee, antelope and, if you have the cash, even elephant. Hunters kill ...

In Gorongosa in the 1970s, 18.5% of female elephants didn't have tusks. Now that number is 51%. Analysis from the study revealed that tuskless elephants are five times more likely to survive.

War Elephants: Psychological Warfare and Combat Strategies in Ancient Times. Story by Drew Wood • 1w. ... As today, ancient elephants lived in Africa and South Asia. However, ...