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Elephant and calf in Moremi National Park, Botswana. Image by serenea_tang via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Analysis of largest elephant surveys ever shows stable population, but disturbing trends

Jim Tan 9 Apr 2024

Nepal’s human-wildlife conflict relief system hits roadblock with new guidelines

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Feb 2024
A group of elephants observed during the 2022 KAZA aerial survey. Photo courtesy of Dylan Blew and Ty-Mason James/KAZA Elephant Survey.

Count, connect, conserve: Southern Africa elephant survey points the way (commentary)

Russell Taylor, Robin Naidoo, Lisa Steel, Michael Knight, Steven A. Osofsky 3 Jan 2024

Smallholders and loggers push deeper into Sumatra’s largest park

Jeremy Hance 29 Nov 2023

Iconic tusker’s plight shows challenges in managing Sri Lanka’s wild elephants

Malaka Rodrigo 29 Nov 2023
A pair of nilgai in Nepal.

Nepal’s Madhesh province lacks in biodiversity research & conservation

Abhaya Raj Joshi 13 Nov 2023

Forest elephants are the ‘glue’ holding Congo rainforests together

Mike DiGirolamo 7 Nov 2023
An elephant with her mahout at the project, which employs 58 people, 48 of them from local communities.

A sanctuary for elephants and forests in Cambodia

John Cannon 31 Oct 2023
A herd of wild elephants in Thailand.

How wild elephants solve puzzles may help humans resolve wildlife conflicts

Malavika Vyawahare 31 Oct 2023

Indonesia’s besieged Tesso Nilo National Park hit hard by yet more deforestation, satellites show

Morgan Erickson-Davis 19 Oct 2023

‘It’s a real mess’: Mining and deforestation threaten unparalleled DRC wildlife haven

Ruth Kamnitzer 13 Oct 2023
A herd of Asiatic elephants in Assam.

Video: Rice as a peace offering in India’s human-elephant conflict capital

Biswajit Das, Mongabay.com 27 Sep 2023
Asian elephant

Protected areas a boon for vertebrate diversity in wider landscape, study shows

Carolyn Cowan 15 Sep 2023
Fetiya Ousman on a patrol.

Balancing elephant conservation and community needs: Q&A with award-winning ranger Fetiya Ousman

Solomon Yimer 8 Sep 2023
An elephant in Cambodia.

A forest gave Cambodia’s captive elephants a new life. Now they’re paying it back

John Cannon 31 Aug 2023
A path is cut deep into the core zone of Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia's Mondulkiri province following the government's approval of a new mining license in the protected forest. Photo by Gerald Flynn/Mongabay.

Cambodia approves, then suspends, marble mine in Keo Seima REDD+ project

Gerald Flynn, Meng Kroypunlok 31 Aug 2023
A group of elephants standing in mud and shallow water, pausing from digging for salt-rich mud in the Dzanga baï in the Sangha Rainforest in the Central African Republic. Image courtesy Jan Teede.

Congo Basin’s elephants boost carbon capture, but need salt-licks to survive

Leonie Joubert 15 Aug 2023
Asian elephant in Krau Wildlife Reserve, Malaysia

Asian elephants’ picky diet helps shape their forest home, study shows

Carolyn Cowan 9 Aug 2023
A Sumatran elephant in South Sumatra.

Elephant encounters rattle farmers in Indonesia’s Jambi province

Yitno Suprapto 1 Aug 2023

As human-wildlife conflict simmers, Nepal revises compensation program

Abhaya Raj Joshi 25 Jul 2023
Tourists going on a ride on a captive elephant.

Bangladesh captive elephant death by train highlights need for conservation

Rafiqul Islam 10 Jul 2023
Elephants and humans sharing space

In north Bangladesh, human-elephant conflicts signal need for greater protection

Abu Siddique 29 May 2023
The purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), an ancient species that lived during the dinosaurs, calls small crevices around rocky streams home. Landslides can alter their habitats drastically. Image by David V Raju via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

As tourism booms in India’s Western Ghats, habitat loss pushes endangered frogs to the edge

Spoorthy Raman 22 May 2023

One elephant a day: Sri Lanka wildlife conflict deepens as death toll rises

Hassaan Shazuli 5 May 2023
A mahout gives his elephant a bath in Chitwan.

Mating urge adds new pressure to human-elephant conflict in Nepal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Apr 2023

Wildlife trafficking gradually returns after pandemic lull, mostly by sea

Liz Kimbrough 4 Apr 2023
An elephant.

Elephants promote jumbo trees, boosting the carbon stores in Africa’s forests

Malavika Vyawahare 27 Jan 2023

Sri Lanka seeks lasting solution as human-elephant conflict takes record toll

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Jan 2023
Wildebeest in the savannas.

Counterintuitive: Large wild herbivores may help slow climate change

Tim Vernimmen 13 Dec 2022
A tusker in the wild.

In Nepal, officials defend detusking to reduce human-elephant conflict

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Nov 2022

New protections for sharks, songbirds, frogs and more at CITES trade summit

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 25 Nov 2022

If there’s an elephant in the room, that’s because it’s not in a protected area

Jim Tan 21 Nov 2022

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