Though it’s likely that Ousmane is the sole African forest elephant in Senegal, Henschel confirmed that the news isn’t all bad. “Panthera and our local partner, the park authority DPN, have ...

An elephant not seen in several years was recently captured on camera strolling through a national park in Senegal. This ...

The elephant, named Ousmane after a local park ranger, was last seen in January 2020. At the time, it was expected that this elephant was one of only five to 10 African forest elephants left in ...

Named after Ousmane Sarr, a veteran park ranger who dedicated his life to protecting Niokolo-Koba's endangered species, the elephant steps silently into view in the black-and-white footage. His large ...

Volunteering with elephants isn't about riding them like jungle royalty, or just about tossing sugarcane for selfies. Ethical ...

According to the IUCN, all elephant species are endangered. African forest elephants are listed as critically endangered, ...

As the World Wildlife Fund points out, the African forest elephant was declared Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2021. "Elephants are under ...

For the first time in six years, an elephant was seen in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park. Grainy black-and-white footage shows Ousmane, a bull 35 to 40 years old named after a park ranger ...

From DNA sequencing to fingerprint analysis, forensic scientists are using groundbreaking new tools to stop animal ...

Ariño, now 95, defends legal hunting in Africa in his books and recounts how he once shot a record 20 animals in just 75 ...