Two female tourists in Zambia were killed by an elephant Thursday while on a walking safari in a national park, police said.

Compare an elephant's short rest time to that of a North American opossum (18 hours a day), a cat (12 hours) or a pig (7.8 hours). “Why this occurs, we're not really sure,” Manger said.

There’s a lot to shout about when it comes to elephants: they’ve got what seems like a fifth limb for a nose, they use tools, but perhaps their most in-your-face feature are the giant fans attached to ...

What do a wildlife conservationist, a herd of trained elephants, a jazz composer and an architect have in common? In the ...

Forest elephant numbers have dropped by at least 86 per cent between 1984 and 2015, and their savannah cousins by 60 per cent between 1965 and 2015, according to data from 495 sites.

OUR CAMPAIGN. Importantly, despite compelling genetic research concluding that two species of African elephants exist — forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) and savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana ...

The African savanna elephant has an elusive cousin, the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), which inhabits the dense rainforests of West and Central Africa.

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