Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic, as ...

“From the general shape of the skull, it’s quite apparent that the elephant belonged to Palaeoloxodon, or straight-tusked elephants, among the largest land mammals that ever lived,” Steven Zhang, a ...

1. Does recent research resolve once and for all whether there are two separate species of African elephant? 2. What are the conservation implications if there are two species? We would have to ...

It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like ...

What suddenly made long jaws such a liability? Well it looks like we can thank a changing climate for the evolution of the elephant’s trunk. Eons is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...

BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or ...

Elephants are incredibly intelligent animals that experience a remarkable emotional depth. While they can be fiercely ...

An imposing fully-grown male Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus wandering the Kashmir Valley, 400 thousand years ago, towering over a herd of Central Asian red deer traversing by. In the distance, a small band ...

A fossilized elephant skull discovered in northern India’s Kashmir Valley offers a rare glimpse into the evolutionary history ...

Corra's birth is significant for the endangered species — and offers a learning experience for Walt Disney World visitors, too Walt Disney World On Thursday, Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom marked ...

Rozie the Asian elephant, who lives at the Albuquerque BioPark and is part of an endangered species of elephant, gave birth to a stillborn calf early Tuesday morning. The death of Rozie’s calf was a ...