Their survival is still under threat however, as thousands of African elephants are still poached every year for their ivory. Despite increased restrictions around the world, rules on ivory trade ...

The zoo says 29-year-old African elephant Simunye delivered a stillborn calf on Friday following a healthy ... Unfortunately, though, not all pregnancies end in healthy births, and we don’t always get ...

The largest land mammal on Earth, elephants embody the African landscape. Using seasonal cues and their long-term memories, these hulking creatures travel vast distances in close-knit herds to find ...

This unit of three sessions imagines life at a typical waterhole in the African bush as animals come ... soaring as vultures with arms outstretched. Elephants: one arm outstretched as trunk ...

A new study reveals how African elephants plan their elaborate journeys: they strategically choose the least energy-consuming routes to reach food sources. These findings, researchers say ...

African elephants’ ears are even bigger! But this is not where their differences end. Let’s take a look at all of their unique characteristics now! An obvious difference between African ...

Genetic research has raised the possibility that the two classic forms of elephant in Africa are separate species rather than subspecies of Loxodonta africana. Museum research has uncovered ...

DESCRIPTION: Savannah elephants are the larger of the two African elephant species. They also have thicker, more curved tusks, more triangulated ears, and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant ...

Elephants have long captured human imagination in art and culture, and scientists have long sought to understand them. Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) study African ...