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 ...

The group said it’s the first time the African elephants were assessed as two separate species, following the emergence of new genetic evidence gathered over the past decade. Forest elephants ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...