NAIROBI — Tanzanian authorities are keen on issuing more hunting permits despite mounting international pressure for the country to ban elephant trophy hunting in the areas surrounding its border with ...

Trophy hunting interests are turning the screw on northern Tanzania's Maasai communities and wildlife paradise. Meanwhile, ...

Trophy hunting interests are turning the screw on northern Tanzania's Maasai communities and wildlife paradise. Meanwhile, ...

On 22nd September 2015 the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism of the United Republic of Tanzania in collaboration with WWF Tanzania commemorated the National Elephant Day. On 22nd September ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The sharp decline of the elephant population in Tanzania, most likely due to poaching, is catastrophic, a wildlife conservation group said Tuesday. The Tanzanian government on ...

Elephant babies are BIG babies! The average elephant baby is 200lbs at birth and 3 feet tall, growing to be 6-13 feet tall depending on what type of elephant they are. With babies that big is it even ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. WildlifeDirect Chief Executive Paula Kahumbu. [File, Standard] Elephants in the Amboseli ...

Early humans were not just scavengers. New research shows they actively butchered elephants, transforming survival and social ...

Watch as two baby elephants start playing in the mud while mom keeps a close eye on them. The littlest one decides there’s more than enough mud to roll around in and jumps right in. They’re clearly ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Investigators who collected DNA from the tusks of slain elephants and painstakingly looked for matches in the vast African continent have identified two large areas where the ...

Elephants in the Amboseli Game Reserve face potential threats due to the hunting permits given yearly by the Tanzanian government. Marking World Elephant Day on Monday, August 8, Doctor Paula Kahumbu, ...