Nigeria has a unique elephant population, made up of both forest-dwelling (Loxodonta cyclotis) and savanna-dwelling (Loxodonta africana) elephant species. But the animals are facing unprecedented ...

In heavily forested Gabon, elephants are increasingly wandering into villages and destroying crops, angering the local ...

The forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of two living African elephant species, the other being the savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana). Historically, forest elephants thrived in the dense ...

and savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) — Africa's two elephant species are still being managed as one. Forest and savannah elephants occupy different ecological niches and face different threats ...

Genetic research has raised the possibility that the two classic forms of elephant in Africa are separate species rather than subspecies of Loxodonta africana. Museum research has uncovered ...