A local government in South Africa has said that its elephant population has become too large, but its plan to reduce numbers has drawn sharp criticism. Mongabay reports that the North West Parks and ...

The president of Botswana, home to the world’s largest elephant population, has threatened to send 20,000 of the giant living land mammals to Germany to "roam free" amid a feud over trophy hunting.

Botswana has scrapped its ban on elephant hunting, citing an increase in conflicts between elephants and humans during the five years the rule was in place. The southern African nation, which is home ...

The Biden administration is considering making American hunters clear new hurdles to legally import African elephant hunting trophies. Supporters claim the new rules will better protect elephants by ...

Botswana's President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany. It came after Germany suggested there should be limits on importing hunting trophies. Germans should "live ...

No one is more tired of the debate over hunting elephants than The Republic of Botswana, which has the world’s largest population of pachyderms. The African country is often considered a conservation ...

David Bonde, now of Gilman and formerly of the Manitowoc area, went on an elephant hunt in Africa recently. The hunt, it turns out, ended up being more significant than he had first planned. Here’s ...

Northern elephant seals have highly-developed whiskers, as seen in this photo of a weaned elephant seal during breeding season (February) at Año Nuevo State Park. (Photo by Taiki Adachi) The deep ...