In a heartwarming moment, Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park celebrates the birth of an African elephant calf, marking the first such arrival in seven years.

A new report says hundreds of animals have died in Kenyan wildlife preserves during East Africa’s worst drought in decades.

A new study suggests that as few as three major criminal groups are responsible for smuggling the vast majority of elephant ivory tusks out of Africa.

Conservation officials say a baby elephant in Indonesia’s Sumatra island has died after losing half her trunk to a trap set by poachers who prey on the endangered species.

A spokesman for Zimbabwe's national parks says a 71-year old South African tourist was trampled to death by an elephant “in full view” of his son at Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools National Park.