The Murcia tracksites confirm that straight-tusked elephants, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, crossed Spain’s southeastern coastal ...

A GRAVEYARD of giant elephant remains has revealed how the colossal beasts roamed Earth some 300,000 years ago. Scientists discovered the remains of one of the largest mammals to have ever walked the ...

Seven days we explored among wildlife in the food chain. Typically, we made two outings each day for about two hours each, using the ship’s Zodiacs to get ashore or catch close-up views along the ...

Vulnerable elephant populations are now being tracked from space using Earth-observation satellites and a type of artificial intelligence (AI) called machine learning. As part of an international ...

How rare is it for elephants to birth twins? Find out more about this occurrence in the wild and why it's significant. In June 2024, an Asian elephant in central Thailand gave birth to a set of twins.

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An elephant herd makes its way through the Serengeti in East Africa. (Vulcan / EarthRanger Photo) Years ago, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen backed a project called the Great Elephant Census that ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. On Monday, September 22, two ivory poachers were arrested in Mozambique during a late-night raid near Niassa National Reserve. The arrest followed ...

The African island of Madagascar was, until relatively recently, home to the largest birds that ever lived. Collectively known as "elephant birds", some species of these recently extinct, flightless ...

Sesame Street's beloved Big Bird has an official height of 8-feet-2-inches, but that's nothing compared with an extinct elephant bird that researchers say was the size of a sauropod dinosaur.Credit: ...