According to the new research, the two major types of African elephants are about as genetically distinct from each other as the Asian elephant is from the extinct woolly mammoth. And that ...

Ghost elephants are “refugees in their own homelands, moving in secret between small patches of habitat,” the Elephant Crisis ...

Videos show how African elephants may be the first nonhuman species to use vocal name-like identifiers for each other, suggesting "the capacity for some degree of symbolic thought,"; researchers said.

The African bush elephant is the largest and heaviest of all elephants, weighing up to 6,000 kg and reaching up to 4 m in height. It has large ears, a long trunk, and long and curved tusks.

Elephants have long been thought of as either African or Asian. But there are actually two species of African elephant: The savanna elephant is larger, has curving tusks, and roams the open plains ...

An elephant not seen in several years was recently captured on camera strolling through a national park in Senegal. This ...

Shutterstock Image While elephants are a reasonably common sight, one species has not been seen for years. The elusive "ghost ...

5 types of elephants you might not have heard of. By Sakshi Sah Published Nov 09, 2024. ... The Asian Elephant is smaller than the African elephant and has smaller ears. Photo Credit: Flickr.

The elephant is the largest existing land mammal on Earth, weighing anywhere from 4,000 to 10,000 pounds. There are three species of elephants: the African bush elephant (also known as the African ...

Wild African elephants may address each other using individualized calls that resemble the personal names used by humans, a new study suggests.. While dolphins are known to call one another by ...