Stories

If you ask the researchers at our Samburu camp when they first saw or heard of Armstrong, most will recall something about this giant of an elephant - whether it was the day - June 5, 2023,  his imposing stature or his bold personality.

Tanzania is best known for its spectacular northern safari circuit, where the teeming plains of Serengeti plunge dramatically down into the cauldron of the Ngorongoro Crater.

At Save the Elephants, we’ve spent decades tracking elephant movements across Kenya, observing hundreds of these magnificent creatures carving important pathways across the wild landscape.

For more than three decades, Save the Elephants has pioneered innovation in using tracking technology to understand and protect elephants.

The U.S. tour of A Life Among Elephants began with a premiere at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) in Washington, DC, where the film made its U.S.

The iconic red colour of Tsavo’s elephants has a story to tell: the region’s iron-rich, mineral-packed soil not only gives these colossal elephants their striking red dust coating, but also helps them grow some of the largest ivory in Africa.

Local awareness of the benefits of elephants is critical to their future, so we were delighted to lead the design and implementation of a world-class and interactive new visitor centre for the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in northern Kenya.

In August, we received an exciting ‘text message’ from Arden, a tracked female from one of Samburu National Reserve’s most renowned elephant families, the Royals. The ‘text’ was sent from her GSP tracking collar directly to our researchers...

Over the past few months, our conservation education teams have been actively engaged in a series of impactful field activities.

A symposium organised by Save the Elephants to encourage more students to pursue a career in conservation was held in central Kenya this year.