The campaign so far
Hong Kong:
Destroy illegal ivory or keep it for display? A 30-ton dilemma
‘I remember the way elephants scream as they die’
A convicted poacher admits killing more than 70 elephants using only a couple of spears.
A day out at Pemba Bay, Mozambique
Due to weak laws and severe poverty, buying ivory is too easy in Mozambique, says conservationist Sophie Scott Beissel.
‘Independent’ appeal raises £400,000 to help elephants
The Independent’s charity appeal has now raised more than £400,000 for our partner charity Space for Giants.
‘I am determined to defeat the poachers before it is too late’
Foreign Minister William Hague fears the illegal ivory trade is funding terrorism, and he plans to stop it.
How Africa’s ‘white gold’ funds the al-Shabaab militants
Ivory smuggling has become an attractive and profitable enterprise for terrorist groups.
Ivory owners are urged to do their bit for elephants
Activists prepare to destroy 50kg of artefacts - and appeal for more
Good fences make good neighbours in Kena
Protecting habitat and engaging the local community are crucial for both rhinos and elephants.
Protesters lock horns with China over ivory as campaigner look into buyers
Hundreds of people descend on the Chinese embassy in London to demand a ban in ivory trade.
Poachers no longer in control of ‘Wild West’
Funds from The Independent’s charity appeal are already making a big difference in Kenya.
Hong Kong to destroy 28 tonnes of ivory
Hong Kong announced in January that it will destroy 28 tonnes of its stockpiled ivory.
The plight of the rhino
Customs officials in Thailand and Singapore seized £3.5m worth of rhino horn en route to Vietnam
The film that stopped the ivory trade
Ground breaking undercover filming helped stop the ivory crisis in the 1980s. Can it be done again?
Field diary - protecting elephants on the ground
Our weekly field diary gives you an insight into the day-to-day work of Space for Giants scouts.
Tweeting elephants - behind the scenes
Last week four elephants joined Twitter and shared their adventures via GPS collar.
Ke$ha accused of smuggling ivory
Stockpiles must be destroyed to prevent sales of ivory.
Where the Chinese go to buy their illegal ivory
Burmese town exposed as one of Asia’s biggest markets after thousands of trinkets are seized.
Three teams in training to take on the poachers
Every penny raised in the elephant appeal will be spent directly on wildlife conservation projects in Africa.
Elephants on the edge
We must find a way for humans and elephants to share a space not defined by barriers.
Joseph Kony’s child army and the ivory trade that pays its bills
It is ‘white gold’ that the LRA now seeks.
Saying ‘it wasn’t me’ is not enough – we must act
We are the ones who can change our behaviour.
Time is running out fast for Tanzania’s elephant herds
Urgent steps need to be be taken to stop the cull
China crushes six tonnes of ivory in crackdown on illegal trade
The illegal stockpile was destroyed in a landmark move
Bush whack: How to turn poachers into gamekeepers
Kapuna Lepele made a fortune from ivory until villagers made him change his ways
Few are willing to say just how bad the poaching crisis is
The elephant population may easily fall into terminal decline
Prince William backs our campaign:
'We must end this greed-driven poaching epidemic'
Six inspirational elephant quotes
'If elephants didn't exist, you couldn't invent one'
Keleshi Parukusa was trusted with protecting rhinos
But the money on offer from poaching proved too tempting for him, he confesses
Weapons that bring death to the savannah:
Elephant poachers are using firearms left over from Mozambique’s civil war
A daily battle:
'Anne Nyokabi does not remember much about the day her mother was killed'
Elephant mother:
79-year-old Daphne Sheldrick is still caring for orphans of the poaching epidemic
The DNA trap
An Edinburgh geneticist uses forensics to track animals killed – and their killers
Jailed poacher speaks out:
'Use people like me to stop the killing of elephants'
Virginia McKenna
Ivory is a little piece of misery on your mantelpiece
The Kenyan canine unit putting elephant poachers off the scent
The business of protecting wildlife has now become professional and militarised
How a campaign to save sharks can help elephants
When the buying of ivory and shark fins stops, the killing can too
UK pledges £10m to fight illegal wildlife trade
Cash and commitment are vital to stop criminal gangs
Elton John: Africa may be changed forever
My two sons may never experience its wildlife like I had the chance to
Why conservation is about forging a friendship
Farmers have had crops repeatedly destroyed by marauding elephants
A short timeline of elephant poaching
The key dates in two centuries of elephant slaughter
Six facts about elephant families
The large mammals have intricate social networks
Steve Connor
Logging has allowed poachers to pick off the African forest elephant at their will
Zac Goldsmith
At this rate, elephants will be wiped out within 10 years
Elephants could be being slaughtered far quicker than previous figures suggest
In some areas, elephant populations have dropped by a staggering 80 per cent in six years
The human cost of the demand for ivory
Poachers have killed over 1,000 rangers in a decade
Five facts about elephants in circuses you need to know
Your go-to guide to performing pachyderms
Unlikely threat: oil in the reserves
Drilling in a Ugandan national park is having a negative effect on its elephants
Take a walk on the wild side: 15 amazing elephant moments
These elephant gifs will make your day
Bid for a Chapman Brothers Sculpture
Art to save lives: this sculpture was given to the Christmas appeal for the Space For Giants charity
Amazing Elephant Anatomy
There's so much more to elephants than meets the eye
Christmas Appeal: Where is your money going?
How your donations will help Space for Giants protect the elephants
Pretty ornaments, despicable slaughter - the ugly truth behind that eyecatching piece of ivory
WARNING: Graphic Content
10 things you need to know about poaching
The essential dossier on illegally killing animals
Catrina Stewart
Is there a place for hunting in conservation, with the money it earns put back in to stop poaching?
Evgeny Lebedev
The situation for elephants is desperate - please help
Five unbelievable habits of elephants
From avenging their dead to mimicking human speech, elephants get up to all sorts of things you'd never expect
Ronnie Wood
Deaths on the savannah must stop
Vidhi Doshi
E-Unit: Meet the Space for Giants elephants
Three myths about elephants you probably believed, and three amazing facts you’ll be glad to know
Elephants are amazing creatures, but can you separate fact from fiction?
Vidhi Doshi
Interview with wildlife photographer David Gulden
Evgeny Lebedev
Gunfights with heavily armed enemies are a part of life for wildlife rangers
Three life-lessons from our best-loved fictional elephants
These elephants' messages are often a bit more complicated than your five-year-old self might have realised at the time!
Three cruel and unusual elephant deaths
Elephants have suffered at the hands of humans in more ways than one
Al Qaeda Profit from the trade of ivory
The arguments for saving the elephants go beyond just the environmental
Rangers call in the paras
The British Army is training Kenyan officers to fight heavily armed poachers
Elephants in battle:
5 ways elephants redirected the course of history
PM backs our campaign:
Mr Cameron said he had raised his concerns with the Chinese Premier
Interactive map:
What do elephants do all day?
Erick Kabendera:
The killing and the poaching goes on
Allan Thornton:
China's thirst for ivory is a death sentence for Africa's elephants
Michael McCarthy:
China - the front line of a hideous slaughter
Oliver Duff:
i Editor's Letter: How you can help to save the African elephant
Evgeny Lebedev:
Without action against the renewed scourge of poaching, these giants of nature will vanish
Michael McCarthy:
A small charity needs all the help it can get
Atrocious abuse:
Among the most intelligent creatures on the planet, they have suffered for centuries at the hand of man.
Elephant facts:
They're gay, they grieve and they're left-handed - just like humans
Poaching, live:
Hear the horrifying sound of an elephant being gunned down
Medical charity likens work in Gaza to ‘patching up torture victims’
Comments by senior Médecins Sans Frontières official expose ethical dilemma of humanitarian work in conflict zones, says Robert Fisk
Wanted: polar explorers to go where no one has gone before
Jim McNeill will lead 800-mile trek to Pole of Inaccessibility after failed attempt nearly killed him
Is the Devil just a harmless caricature?
All mention of the Devil has been expunged from Christenings - but old Lucifer has never been stronger, says John Walsh
The famous faces visiting Julian Assange
He may have lost a bid to have his arrest warrant cancelled but at least Assange won't be lonely
Ricky Tomlinson the star of another drama – about his union days
Play to 'shine new light' on Britain’s troubled history of industrial relations
How to turn a restaurant into a hot spot
Gillian Orr finds out the formula for being favoured by the famous
Google has changed its typeface - can you tell?
Roboto - the system font that's been used on Google's mobile operating system, Android, since 2011 - needed tweaking
Film review: Finding Vivian Maier
A portrait of the artist as an alluring enigma
Go People performs play in Covent Garden flat
Ah, the smell of the greasepaint, the gentle applause of the crowd. Nick Duerden pulls up a sofa for the smallest show in town
One year on, Van Gaal shows the way to take over at Manchester United
Assured, independent and without any pleading to Wayne Rooney – it was a far cry from David Moyes
Seven reasons not to write novels
It seems that everyone really does have a novel inside them – which is probably where it should stay, says Spain's foremost living novelist, Javier Marias
Is Skype Translator any good?
The new service promises to translate multilingual voice calls. David Crookes finds out how fluent it is
Twin red pandas born at East Sussex zoo
The cute baby pandas were born on Monday morning at Drusillas Park in East Sussex
Thor as woman: Marketing ploy or sign of times?
Marvel has announced that the God of Thunder, as played by Chris Hemsworth in the film franchise, is due to become a Goddess of Thunder
Would you hold a 'shadow wedding ceremony'?
The latest wedding trend is for couples to dress down and confess their flaws. Anna Hart discovers whether keeping it real makes for marital bliss