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

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 ...

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 ...

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The new footage marks the first time the species has been photographed or filmed in Senegal's Niokolo-Koba National Park in five years Panthera and Senegal’s National Parks Directorate (DPN) An ...

Scientists studied stone tools, bone flakes and rare elephant remains at a middle Pleistocene site. Their findings shed light on the evolution of giant elephants and humans alike. During the late ...

This study was funded in part by the Australian Research Council and other international funding bodies. Madagascar’s extinct elephant birds – the largest birds ever to have lived – have captured ...

Hansken the elephant was an incredible creature. Not only could she sword fight, wave a flag, and put a hat on her head, the 17th century animal performer was also drawn by none other than Rembrandt ...

Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence of animal butchery by humans in India. During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant ...