African elephants are the largest mammals that live on land. There’s a lot of rumours that go round about these gentle giants though: that they never forget, that they grieve, and that their favourite ...

Elephants seem easy to figure out with their big bodies, long trunks, and always walking in slow groups. But they’re not simple animals. Behind the usual facts are habits, abilities, and instincts ...

An elephant's trunk is the most conspicuous part of its body, but gaze upon an elephant skeleton and you'd never realize that such an appendage existed, as there are no bones to mark its presence. A ...

Elephants have always fascinated humans with their size, intelligence, and gentle nature. Beyond what we see in documentaries or read in textbooks, there's a hidden world of incredible traits and ...

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African elephant populations are sometimes thought to differ only by the location of the animals, but, evolutionarily speaking, forest and savannah elephants are as separate genetically as Asian ...

The new “Dumbo” live-action movie that opens March 29 is one of the most anticipated films of the spring and everybody’s talking about it. So here are some cool things to know about real elephants, as ...

Elephants are known not just for their size and strength, but also for their astonishing intelligence — especially their memory. From recognising old friends after decades to navigating vast ...

Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth, and they're also one of the most unique-looking animals. With their characteristic long trunks, floppy ears and thick legs, there is no other animal ...

Amazing secrets of the excellent elephant trunk revealed! We may take the trunk of an elephant for granted, so accustomed are we to seeing these iconic animals with their long agile noses arching with ...

Sunday is National Elephant Appreciation Day—a holiday observed every September 22—and what better way to celebrate these tough-skinned animals than listing 10 crazy facts about them? 1. The African ...

Extreme divers and polygamous lovers, these “elephants of the sea” are some of the oddest marine mammals alive—which is saying something. Slaughtered en masse for their oil-producing blubber, the ...