More than 70% of the remaining African elephants are concentrated in southern African countries, particularly Botswana and ...

The intelligent rodents have a particularly keen nose and have been previously trained to detect landmines and tuberculosis.

“Our study shows that we can train African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife, even when it has been ...

"This paper really shows the scale of the decline and how widespread it is across Africa." Elephants are now facing a range ...

The study demonstrated that the giant rats successfully detected samples of elephant ivory, rhino horn, pangolin scales and ...

African elephants face population decline due to habitat loss and poaching, highlighting urgent conservation needs.

Habitat loss and poaching have driven dramatic declines in African elephants, but it is challenging to measure their numbers ...

To help protect elephants, the Association of Zoos & Aquariums’ Wildlife Trafficking Alliance (WTA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are teaming up for a second time to organize a series of ...

Researchers unveiled on Monday what they called the most comprehensive assessment of the status of the two African elephant species - the savanna elephant and forest elephant - using data on populatio ...

“Our study shows that we can train African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife, even when it has been ...