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

Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more resilient to climate change. They take up 23% of the continent. At 674 million ...

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 ...

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

Eleanor Scerri receives funding from The Max Planck Society. Eslem Ben Arous does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this ...

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 ...

Mau Forest is one of the largest forests in East Africa, and the most important water catchment in western Kenya, providing water for millions of people. Mau is also home to a plethora of wildlife, ...

There are far more African forest elephants than conservationists previously thought — not because the critically endangered species is recovering, but because scientists are now able to count them ...