More than 145,000 African forest elephants roam the rainforests of Africa, according to a recent population assessment.

Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic, as ...

According to AFP, via Phys.org, the new status report showed that 135,690 African forest elephants were alive in 2024. In ...

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 ...

1. Does recent research resolve once and for all whether there are two separate species of African elephant? 2. What are the conservation implications if there are two species? We would have to ...

What suddenly made long jaws such a liability? Well it looks like we can thank a changing climate for the evolution of the elephant’s trunk. Eons is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...

BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or ...

While real life elephants can’t fly, they certainly have enormous ears. The African elephant, for instance, has the largest ...

A fossilized elephant skull discovered in northern India’s Kashmir Valley offers a rare glimpse into the evolutionary history ...

Rozie the Asian elephant, who lives at the Albuquerque BioPark and is part of an endangered species of elephant, gave birth to a stillborn calf early Tuesday morning. The death of Rozie’s calf was a ...

Corra's birth is significant for the endangered species — and offers a learning experience for Walt Disney World visitors, too Walt Disney World On Thursday, Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom marked ...