When a 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Monday morning, one elephant herd did something extraordinary ...

“Alarmingly, 2011 recorded the highest number of large-scale seizures ever,” said Lamine Sebogo, WWF’s African elephant programme manager. “Such seizures indicate the involvement of organized criminal ...

At least 26 elephants were massacred in the Dzanga ... to the Bai in April for security reasons. Jim Leape, WWF International Director General, said: “The killing has started. The Central African ...

Michael Viyof Kuwong, wildlife veterinary officer at the WWF Kudu Zombo Programme, said this is equally true for African ...

For many iconic animals like elephants, rhinos and tigers, the situation is critical. The numbers are horrific: around 20,000 African elephants are killed by poachers each year, and there was over a 9 ...

At Animal Kingdom, births of African elephants — who the World Wildlife Fund lists as a “critically endangered” species — are given special attention. Terrell said they are “carefully ...

A video shot of their enclosure at the park Monday morning shows the five African elephants standing around in the morning sun before the camera shakes and they run in different directions.

A video taken at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, Calif., shows the action unfold: Five African elephants are basking in the morning sun until the camera begins to shake and a tremor ...

To do this, the team analysed GPS data from 157 African elephants collected by Save The ... according to the WWF NGO. – AFP Relaxnews ...