African elephants are often considered to represent a single species, Loxodonta africana, which is distinct from the Asian elephant genus Elephas. In the August 24 Science, Alfred Roca and colleagues ...

A study has both good news and bad news for the future of African elephants. While about 18 million square kilometers of Africa -- an area bigger than the whole of Russia -- still has suitable ...

The mitochondrial analysis revealed that a shared ancestor of P. antiquus and the African forest elephant lived sometime between 1.5 million and 3.5 million years ago. Their closest shared ancestor ...

The debate over whether the African elephant is one or two species has been going on for about a decade. Weighing in at six or seven tonnes, the much larger elephants found on savannah are about ...

The African savannah elephant is now threatened with extinction Poachers killing Africa’s elephants for ivory have brought them to the brink of extinction, with the continent’s two species ...