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 to regenerate, is notoriously hard to assess since they are spread across remote, dense jungles in 22 African countries.

COIMBATORE: The wild elephant Rolex, which had been relocated to the Manthirimattam forest in Ulanthy forest range in ...