African elephants actually include two species: the African savanna elephant and the African forest elephant ... and they weigh 4 to 7 tons (3,600 to 6,40 kg) — about as much as a fully loaded ...

I spent the afternoon on the elevated observation platform at Dzanga-Baï, a vast forest clearing where elephants and other wildlife congregate to drink and to benefit from minerals dissolved in the ...

DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species. They also have straighter, thinner tusks, more rounded ears and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant species ...

Forest elephants. Credit: Brett Hartl / Center for Biological Diversity. Image is available for media use. The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with ...