Africa’s great rainforests were long treated as a quiet ally in the climate fight, soaking up vast quantities of carbon ...

New research shows Africa’s forests now release more carbon than they absorb. This raises global climate risks and calls for urgent action.

DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate -- and higher -- population estimate for the elusive animal, but the species remains critically endangered, a ...

Populations of the African forest and savanna elephant have declined sharply. The populations of Africa's elephants are now in more danger than they ever have been. The African forest elephant is now ...

A new report shows an increase in estimated forest elephant numbers, but this is a function of better surveying, and the ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

An African forest elephant — nicknamed the "ghost elephant" due to its incredibly infrequent sightings — was spotted in Senegal for the first time in five years earlier this June. Remote camera ...

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Africa rallies around forest innovation as African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC25) opens in The Gambia ...

A coalition of African nations has secured new Cites controls on the international trade of hornbills amid concerns over ...

Humans lived under the leafy canopy of a West African rainforest by at least 150,000 years ago. Previously, the oldest secure evidence for humans living in African rainforests dated to about 18,000 ...