Elephants

‘Too early to rule anything out.’ Fearing more deaths, scientists and conservationists race to explain Botswana’s elephant catastrophe

Sri Lanka: the secrets behind Asia's mightiest elephant migration

In every dry season, elephants gather in Minneriya National Park in their hundreds, creating one of the planet’s greatest natural spectacles.

Animals

Elephants are falling into trenches on Indian tea plantations

Travel

Into the Okavango Delta: a portrait of Africa’s wildest conservation destination

Recent droughts in Botswana's 100-mile-wide alluvial fan have brought together conservationists, local people and new safari concessions in fresh efforts to help protect its life giving headwaters

Environment

Elephants return to conflict-ridden national park

Both African elephant species are now endangered, one critically

Wildlife seizures are down—and an illicit trade boom may be coming

How animals choose their leaders, from brute force to democracy

Oldest footprints in Saudi Arabia reveal intriguing step in early human migration

‘Too early to rule anything out.’ Fearing more deaths, scientists and conservationists race to explain Botswana’s elephant catastrophe

Sri Lanka: the secrets behind Asia's mightiest elephant migration

Elephants are falling into trenches on Indian tea plantations

Into the Okavango Delta: a portrait of Africa’s wildest conservation destination

In Angola, The Duke of Sussex joins quest to eradicate landmines

Wild African elephants can no longer be caught and sent to zoos

Elephant skin sales growing rapidly

The world responded to this captive elephant’s plight. Now he has a new life.

What are Africa’s Big Five? Meet the continent’s most iconic wildlife

This elephant’s plight sparked outrage. Here’s an update.

On World Environment Day, soak in these amazing Earth photos

Botswana lifts ban on elephant hunting

An elephant’s tale

6 surprisingly lucky animals around the world