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 ...

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 ...

A new report shows an increase in estimated forest elephant numbers, but this is a function of better surveying, and the ...

“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 ...

An extinct species of giant elephant that used to roam across much of Europe and Asia was more closely related to modern African forest elephants than forest elephants are to modern African bush ...

African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) were only recognized as a species separate from the African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana) in 2021. Now, new evidence and survey techniques have ...

On a cool December afternoon at the Fort Worth Zoo, Lady Bird splashes her tiny trunk in a watering hole while her mother, ...

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 ...

The discovery was the latest in a string of elephant deaths in recent months that has heightened concern over the endangered ...

The four elephants include two females and their young male calves. The Cincinnati Zoo's newly constructed Elephant Trek has its first inhabitants. Four Asian elephants are settling into their new ...