Not all elephants are the same. A new study has found that male African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) develop ...

Learn more about the different types of elephants, their breathtaking intelligence, and the modern-day threats to their survival. African and Asian elephants not only live on separate continents ...

What should you do if you find yourself chased by an elephant? More importantly, how can you avoid a dangerous elephant ...

The African Elephant is the largest land animal on Earth with adult males attaining heights of 11.5 feet (3.5 m) and weighing more than 13,000 pounds (5,000 kg). Their tusks can grow to 8 feet (2. ...

9. Elephants help the plants that they eat. African elephants have been found to disperse the seeds around 335 different species of plants in their dung. Some species of plants can only germinate ...

Elephants have long captured human imagination in art and culture, and scientists have long sought to understand them. Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) study African ...

The largest land mammal on Earth, elephants embody the African landscape. Using seasonal cues and their long-term memories, these hulking creatures travel vast distances in close-knit herds to find ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The intricate web of cracks and crevices that gives African elephants their distinctive look is, in fact, an essential ...

African elephants are the largest land mammals on earth, famed for their wisdom and memory. These majestic creatures can grow up to 4m at shoulder height and weigh around 6350kg. But how long do ...

In a study published in the journal Mammalian Biology on December 23, 2024, researchers compared the calls of Asian elephants ...

A tourist at South Africa's Kruger National Park was trampled to death by an elephant as he was trying to protect children, officials say.