Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NAIROBI — Tanzanian authorities are keen on issuing more hunting permits despite mounting international pressure for the country ...

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 ...

Conservationists have raised the alarm about the Botswana government’s decision to raise its annual trophy-hunting quota for elephants, reigniting the debate over how the country should manage the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Botswana is offering 287 elephant hunting licenses in April at the same time as a species of African elephant has been ...

Five bulls from the area around a Kenyan wildlife reserve have been shot and killed in Tanzania in recent months. The countries have very different conservation strategies. By Shola Lawal Reporting ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An elephant has been found dead after it was shot eight times during a trophy hunt in South Africa. The "deeply ...

The reintroduction of elephant trophy hunting in Botswana in 2019, following a five-year moratorium, is likely severely depleting the number of large, older bulls, according to a recent report. This ...

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.

Deep in the Angolan Highlands lurks a rumored new species of elephant. Conservationist and ornithologist Steve Boyes has been searching for this elusive herd for years, and the story of his journey is ...