Poachers have killed an estimated 11,100 elephants – between 44 to 77 per cent of the population – in parts of Minkébé’s National Park and its surroundings in northern Gabon since 2004. A new study ...

Over 50% of African forest elephants reside in Gabon, while most of the African savanna elephant population is spread through the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area. The countries ...

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Surveying elephants across Africa has been a challenging and sporadic effort due to logistical difficulties, civil unrest, ...

Forest elephant in Gabon. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay. Mongabay: For our readers who are not familiar with the environment in which you work, can you describe the status of the conservation ...

MAKOKOU, Gabon: At the entrance to the sprawling Ivindo national park in central Gabon, wildlife guards in paramilitary uniform scour a fisherman’s dug-out canoe, going through his bags of worn ...

We’re facing a global poaching crisis, which is threatening to overturn decades of conservation successes. For many iconic animals like elephants, rhinos and tigers, the situation is critical. The ...

This is a small group of forest elephants in Gabon's Minkébé National Park. Poaching for the illegal ivory trade has reduced their numbers by 80 percent, according to a new study. Disclaimer ...