When looking at an African elephant and an Asian elephant side-by-side, you can really tell the differences in their head shapes and tasks. African elephants generally have much larger tusks than ...

Smaller tusks can be found in both female and male Asian elephants. But, both species of elephant are experiencing increased instances of members without tusks.

Asian elephants have been losing significant portions of their suitable habitat for the past several centuries.

Researchers say they have developed a new way to distinguish between legal mammoth ivory and illegal elephant ivory. ...

The elephant crushed the wife first and then turned to her husband after emerging from a nearby forest. The couple were severely injured in the attack.

Guinness World Record, though, still recognises the Asian elephant Lin Wang as the oldest at 86. Read more at ...

Both male and female African elephants grow big tusks, but only a few male Asian elephants grow full-size tusks. The rest of the males and females grow smaller tusks, called tushes.

Poaching Asian elephants for their ivory tusks is a growing trend, especially in the past five years, the report found. Contrary to their African cousins, female Asian elephants do not grow tusks.

Asian and African elephants, though related, exhibit key differences. African elephants are larger with fan-shaped ears and tusks in both sexes, inhabiting savannas.

Tourist killed, gored by elephant's tusk at Thailand sanctuary while bathing animal: Reports A November 2024 post from Koh Yao Elephant Care advertised private elephant care programs that include ...