"The result of improved survey coverage." Scientists make stunning discovery while studying elephant dung: 'Updated numbers' ...

This cooling strategy has even influenced elephant evolution. The African elephant has the largest ears of any species ...

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By Ryan Truscott Elephants are considered a sacred totem by many in northwestern Zimbabwe, but they also frequently raid villagers’ crops near harvest time, says Agripa Ngorima, who has studied ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rural farming communities on the border between the southern African countries of Malawi and Zambia are seeking damages and threatening to sue an international animal ...

BELA-BELA, South Africa — 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 bush ...

World News The world’s smallest elephants are facing extinction. One woman has a plan to save them (CNN) — The world’s smallest elephants are still big. Measuring around nine feet (2.7 meters) tall, ...

(CNN) — The world’s smallest elephants are still big. Measuring around nine feet (2.7 meters) tall, Bornean elephants are the smallest subspecies of the Asian elephant, and are two feet (60 ...