NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Standing before a pile of charred elephant ivory as dusk covered the surrounding savannah, Christian, Muslim and Hindu religious leaders grasped hands and prayed. Let religion, ...

More frequent and intense droughts, storms and heat waves, melting glaciers, warming oceans and rising sea levels – climate change is already causing immense harm to the natural world, putting ...

In the last decade, human elephant conflict has been rising. A trend that most likely will intensify and threaten wildlife resources and conservation initiatives. Indeed, data from the Tunduru ...

The effects of climate change and expanding global populations have been a lingering concern for governments worldwide. Still, as communities expand, humans and wildlife begin to live dangerously ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Conservationist Farina Othman, a 2025 Whitley Award winner, has been working with endangered Bornean elephants in Sabah, Malaysia, since 2006.

For centuries, elephants have been called forest gardeners for good reasons. “When an elephant moves through trees and bushes, it pushes them aside,” says Dr Thomas Breuer from WWF Germany. “This ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Iain Douglas-Hamilton, a British-born zoologist and conservationist who dedicated much of his life to protecting elephants, has died, his Save the Elephants group said Tuesday.