A new report shows an increase in estimated forest elephant numbers, but this is a function of better surveying, and the ...

Three elephants, including a calf, were found dead under mysterious circumstances in a privately owned forest in Vellore ...

Analysing the elephants' faeces for DNA has given a more accurate count, bumping their numbers by 16 per cent compared with ...

A new assessment of African Forest Elephants reveals an estimated 135,690 individuals1, with an additional 7,728 to 10,990 ...

DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate—and higher—population estimate for the elusive animal, but the species remains critically endangered, a study ...

In a written reply to a question of Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati, the minister said 42 elephants died of electrocution, ...

The new assessment totals 135,690 forest elephants, 16 percent more than the figure estimated in 2016, with an additional ...

With the annual pilgrimage underway at Sabarimala temple, the Kerala Forest Department has urged pilgrims to avoid visiting ...

A wildlife official conducting a tiger census was killed by a wild elephant in this northern district, police said on Saturday. The man was identified as Kalimuthu (52), a forest department watcher.

Assistant forest officer killed by elephant during tiger census in Attappady; two colleagues escape with minor injuries.

There are thousands more endangered African forest elephants than previously thought, thanks to a new counting method using the DNA extracted from their dung, a study showed on Thursday.

The numbers were horrifying. The censuses showed Africa’s elephant population crashing in number from 1.3m in 1979 to 600,000 ...