Ghost elephants are “refugees in their own homelands, moving in secret between small patches of habitat,” the Elephant Crisis Fund explains in a report.

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

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 ...

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.

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.

Henschel added that Ousmane is a hybrid, his ancestry a mix of critically endangered African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) and savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana).

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

No, this photo-bombing pachyderm is not an apparition, a phantasm or a spooky specter. He is the only African forest elephant to be spotted — via remote trail cam — in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba ...