There are two species of African elephants—the savanna (or bush) elephant and the forest elephant. Savanna elephants are larger than forest elephants, and their tusks curve outwards. In addition to being smaller, forest elephants are darker …

The African savanna elephant is the largest elephant species, while the Asian forest elephant and the African forest elephant are of a comparable, smaller size. Asian elephants differ in several ways from their African relatives, with more than 10 distinct physical differences between them.

African savanna elephants are the largest species of elephant and the biggest terrestrial animal on Earth. They are easily distinguished by their very large ears—which allow them to radiate excess heat—and front legs which are noticeably longer than the hind legs.

Learn about African forest elephants, as well as the threats this species faces, what WWF is doing to protect its future, and how you can help.

There are three species of elephant—African Savanna, African Forest and Asian. How do elephants sense warnings from other elephants? Elephants hear warnings sent through the ground from other elephants and sense the time between …

African elephants are highly dependent on fresh water. This map shows the overlap between the range of the African elephant and areas of high annual precipitation for the years 1961–1990. L Habitat Specialization Generalist. Found in dense tropical rain forest, open and closed savanna, grassland, and arid desert (Namibia and Mali). Found

In 1930, as many as 10 million wild elephants roamed huge swaths of the African continent. But decades of poaching and conflict have since decimated African elephant populations. In 2016, experts estimated that Africa’s elephant population had …

2023年10月4日 · Make a symbolic African elephant adoption to help save some of the world's most endangered animals from extinction and support WWF's conservation efforts. In This Story: Namibia

2016年11月1日 · WWF’s African Elephant Program funded a research project that used techniques from economics and statistics to better understand the value of elephant conservation to local economies in Africa.

2024年10月4日 · It’s time to bring African forest elephants “out of the woods” and shine a spotlight on who they are! In this episode of World Wildlife Fund’s Wildlife Café series, Alexander Nicolas and Bas Huijbregts talk about the elusive and enigmatic African forest elephant.