A forest in Northern Laos witnessed a fall in the Asian elephant population, prompting researchers to use different methods to save them. The population of Asian elephants in Laos has decreased ...

Elephants bathe in a pond at the Elephant Conservation Center in Laos' Sainyabuli province - Copyright AFP TANG CHHIN Sothy Elephants bathe in a pond at the Elephant ...

SAINYABULI, Laos — Slow and silent, former logging elephant Mae Khoun Nung emerges from a forest in northern Laos and follows her guide to an animal hospital for a check-up.

Laos - once proudly known as "Lane Xang" or "Land of a Million Elephants" - has between 500 and 1,000 of the animals left, just one-third of the population two decades ago, according to ...

Researchers in Northern Laos are combating the decline of Asian elephants, with a population plummeting from 1500 to only 500-1000 elephants due to habitat loss, logging, and limited breeding.

Slow and silent, former logging elephant Mae Khoun Nung emerges from a forest in northern Laos and follows her guide to an animal hospital for a check-up. Researchers analyse DNA from dung to save ...

Olivier Kugler travels the world as a reportage illustrator. In Laos, he went into the jungle, accompanying a vet who takes care of the working elephants kept by loggers. The French vet Bertrand ...