Drought is forcing Namibian desert elephants to seek water near human settlements. But human encounters with the giant mammals frequently end in tragedies. Elephants are being shot, and their ...

Confined within fixed systems, animals begin to over-browse, break trees and reduce biodiversity – turning once-resilient ...

The decline in Mali has accelerated in recent months because of rising insecurity and a decrease in army protection, according to Amy Lewis from WILD Foundation. About a fifth of Mali's rare desert ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In drought-stricken parts of Africa, wildlife conservation groups are fighting to preserve endangered species such as black rhinos ...

Peulh herdspeople, in an encampment above, tolerate the animals. Carlton Ward, Jr. The region is barely habitable for elephants (wallowing in the last mud of a water hole that dried up two days later.