Elephants are vital to ecosystems. Learn interesting facts and how WWF works to protect them across Africa and Asia.

The British Antarctic Survey estimates that more than 50,000 individuals are missing from the beaches following the virus’s ...

Three elephant seals returned to the ocean Wednesday morning, Oct. 2, marking what the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro said was the final release of a busy season for the species. The release ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A stoutly built mammal cousin the size of an elephant that munched on plants with its horny beak roamed the European landscape alongside dinosaurs during the Triassic Period ...

A comparison of the Lisowicia bojani with a recent elephant is pictured in this illustration handout provided November 21, 2018. Tomasz Sulej and Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki/Handout via REUTERS By Will ...

The avian flu is devastating marine mammal populations. A new survey finds that nearly half of breeding females in the world's largest population of southern elephant seals were killed by the virus.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A stoutly built mammal cousin the size of an elephant that munched on plants with its horny beak roamed the European landscape alongside dinosaurs during the Triassic Period ...

Huge die-offs of elephant seals occurred after the virus gained nearly 20 troublesome new mutations, scientists found. By Apoorva Mandavilli Elephant seals in South America died in massive numbers ...

The creature known as Lisowicia bojani was revealed by researchers this week. This is an ancient animal in the synapsids group – they eventually evolved into mammals. This is a new link in the ...

On World Elephant Day, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is reaching out to stakeholders, partnering NGOs and policy makers to shed light on the growing challenges to livelihood, food security and ...