A helpless baby elephant has won the Thai public’s sympathy but her case has shed light on the pressures facing herds across Asia Khao Tom, a two-month-old elephant, plays with a wildlife officer, ...

The much-loved animal was a symbol of the African wilderness and its conservation KENYA is mourning the loss of a legendary elephant believed to be one of Africa’s largest. The beloved creature – ...

Craig was one of the last remaining elephants identified as super tuskers in Africa, but also became a symbol for conservation. Kenya is mourning the death of Craig, one of its most famous elephants, ...

Back in September 2023, Bruce Springsteen announced that he would have to shelve his planned tour until March 2024 so he could recover from peptic ulcer disease. The temporary retreat shouldn’t be ...

The death of Craig, a widely known super tusker from Amboseli, drew attention not just because of his fame, but because he lived long enough to die of natural causes in a period when elephants with ...

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The Kenya Wildlife Service has announced the death of a renowned elephant known as Craig. Craig, was a legendary tusker famed for its large ground-sweeping tusks. He died aged 54. "Early this morning, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyans are mourning the death of a beloved “super tusker” elephant whose long life in the wild came to symbolize the country’s increasingly successful efforts to protect the ...

The first authoritative population assessment for African forest elephants estimates there are more than 145,000 individuals. Researchers say new survey techniques relying on sampling DNA from ...

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Last fortnight there were in captivity just two sea elephants, both in Germany. One day in the Hanover Zoo, four-ton Goliath III sighed through his dewlap snout and died. Forty-eight hours later in ...