At the same time, it is officially identifying African elephants as two distinct species: savanna elephants and forest elephants. The reclassification — part of an update to IUCN’s Red List of ...
African elephant populations are at risk of extinction A comprehensive study has documented alarming declines in both African savanna and ... faces similar threats from habitat loss and poaching ...
There are now fewer than 500,000 in the wild. The total remaining population of African savanna elephants decreased by nearly a third between 2007 and 2014, according to a recent survey ...