This Renowned Filmmaker Goes in Search of Africa’s Elusive Ghost Elephants - ATC News by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome (Posted 09th March 2026)   Courtesy of African Elephant News   Miguel A. Melendez, Mens Journal (U.S.), March 6, 2026 National Geographic’s Ghost Elephants is a feature documentary chronicling the search for Africa’s most elusive elephant. Directed, narrated, and written by legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog, Ghost Elephants follows National Geographic Explorer Steve Boyes, who […]

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Forest elephants turn farms into pharmacies - ATC News by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome (Posted 21st January 2026)   Courtesy of African Elephant News Sanjana Gajbhiye, Earth. Com (U.S) Jan 19, 2025 Across Gabon, a heavily forested country in western Africa, farmers often face a difficult morning surprise. Banana plants lie crushed. Papaya stems snap near ground level. Forest elephants frequently visit farms at night, leaving damaged crops […]

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Poaching down but threats remain for forest elephants, recent population assessment finds - ATC News by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome (Posted 08th January 2026)   Courtesy of African Elephant News   Spoorthy Raman, Mongabay (U.S), January 5, 2025 More than 145,000 African forest elephants roam the rainforests of Africa, according to a recent population assessment. Published in December by the African Elephant Specialist Group at the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, the survey […]

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Elephant dung DNA reveals hidden forest populations, study shows - ATC News by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome (Posted 30th November 2025)   Courtesy of African Elephant News Emma Farge, Reuters (U.K.), November 27, 2025 There are thousands more endangered African forest elephants than previously thought, thanks to a new counting method using the DNA extracted from their dung, a study showed on Thursday. The species of elephant, important in helping rainforests […]

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🐘 African elephants are in crisis. Over five decades, #ForestElephants declined by 90% and #SavannaElephants by 70%. Hope remains: some savanna elephant populations are recovering. Targeted conservation works. Let’s act now to protect them all.

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Africa's elephant population declines by 70 per cent over past 50 years: study - Yes Punjab News The population of both Savannah and forest elephant species has declined sharply in the past half a century across the sub-Saharan African region, according to a research report released in Nairobi, t...

Africa's elephant population declines by 70 per cent over past 50 years: study
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To be honest, a trip to @MuseumHalle wouldn‘t be complete without paying a visit to the 125,000 year-old #ForestElephants 🐘 of #Gröbern!