"The guides misjudged how close they could take the tourists." Graphic video shows terrifying elephant attack on tourists' canoes: 'It was protecting its young' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Botswana, long considered a safe haven for elephants in Africa, has "a significant elephant-poaching problem," a conservationist group that carried out an aerial wildlife survey in the country said.

Contributing writer Chris Colin travels halfway around the world with his family to take a first-of-its-kind safari, and ...

Two tourists are speaking out after they managed to escape an angry elephant while on a canoe safari trip in Botswana, an incident that was caught on camera. In the video clip, an elephant protecting ...

As powerful as they are and as regal and imperious as they may seem, elephants are affectionate animals with fun-loving, playful sides. When acclimated to human presence in supportive settings like ...

GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Botswana has issued 400 elephant hunting licenses amid fresh opposition from conservationists. International hunters pay up to $50,000 to obtain a license in order to hunt an ...

Botswana has scrapped its ban on elephant hunting, citing an increase in conflicts between elephants and humans during the five years the rule was in place. The southern African nation, which is home ...

In April 2024, Botswana’s then-president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, made headlines for his government’s threat to send 30,000 elephants to Germany and the United Kingdom so that Europeans could try living ...

The guide starts up the Land Rover, then calls for attention from his excited passengers. "All right, We're going into the bush!" We're at the gateway to Botswana's safari country – one of the most ...