The number of African savanna elephants ... translates into higher black market ivory prices in Africa. And these higher prices lead to poaching. Removing elephants from an area can pave ...

cyclotis) and the larger African bush elephant (L. africana). In just over half a century, forest elephant populations have fallen by 90 per cent on average, while savanna elephant populations ...

A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like calls for each other that resemble human names — a finding that potentially "radically expands the express ...

Then, around 11,700 years ago, as the last ice age waned and human hunting picked up, this number dwindled to just three: the Asian elephant, the African forest elephant and the African savanna ...

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African elephants are facing the pressure of poaching and human encroachment. Savanna elephants are in the "endangered" category as per the red list by IUCN. (Image credit- AP) "We must urgently ...