When acclimated to human presence in supportive settings like wildlife rescues and zoos, elephants can form close friendships ...

An ancient animal bone discovered in a quarry about 20 years ago has been donated to a museum. The bone from a palaeoloxodon ...

Colossal Biosciences is leveraging the genetic similarities between the woolly mammoth and modern elephants to inform mutual ...

At this point in history, the hubristic belief that people are above nature has allowed humans to bring immeasurable change to the natural systems that all of life depends upon for survival. The ...

African elephants are known to recognize groups of ... and that they're super smart, and that their giant brains are a huge advantage. Their brains certainly are huge, and here's what we know.

Maintaining current elephant numbers, let alone reversing declines, requires new thinking and conservation innovation.

African elephants are the largest land mammals on ... The oldest known living land animal is Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise who is roughly 190 years old. From his native home in the ...

She said the elephants lived until the last Ice Age. Modern African elephants can grow up to 3.3m (11ft) tall at the shoulder, whereas the palaeoloxodon could reach up to 4.5m (15ft). "This ...