President Ali Bongo set a pyre of ivory aflame on June 27 in a symbolic warning to poachers in Gabon: We will fight to protect our elephants. He publicly ignited a total of 4,825 kilograms (about ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks. The research was published ...

Seized ivory from Conakry, Republic of Guinea, where there are few remaining elephants. A new study of Central African forest elephants has found their numbers down by 62 percent between 2002 and 2011 ...