Elephants approaching a waterhole in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Rudi van Aarde Africa is home to about 410,000 savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana), most of them living in southern Africa.

Not so long ago, the trumpeting of elephants could be heard across a great deal of our planet. Wrinkly-skinned giants did not only inhabit Africa and southern Asia, but roamed from prehistoric ...

A wildlife photographer has captured pictures of the world’s happiest elephant family. Andy Rouse documented a Kenyan herd with incredibly playful young calves. The award-winning British snapper shot ...

Nigeria is one of 37 African countries where elephants are found in the wild. Savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) can be found in the north and forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) in the south.