The elephant is the largest existing land mammal on Earth, weighing anywhere from 4,000 to 10,000 pounds. There are three species of elephants: the African bush elephant (also known as the African ...

The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is the largest land animal on Earth. A mature male may stand up to 13 feet tall at the shoulder and ...

How Do You Clean an 11-Ton Elephant? One Brushstroke at a Time The National Museum of Natural History recently spruced up its iconic African elephant mount, which has greeted visitors since 1959 ...

After a nail-biting four-hour trip towards freedom, elephant Charley has arrived at his new home in the Shambala Private Game Reserve in Limpopo.

The two species of African elephants are the savanna (or bush) elephant and the forest elephant. They share a very minor difference in size, and the tusks of Savanna elephants curve outwards.

A South African man died over the weekend after being trampled by an elephant while he tried to save his grandson at the country’s Kruger National Park.

Botswana alone is home to a third of the entire African elephant population – more than any other country in the world.

KARACHI – Noor Jehan, the African bush elephant, should have been in her prime. She was just a teenager, about 17. But a mysterious incident left her painfully dragging about on her two front ...

An African elephant calf named Corra was recently born at the resort, making her the first African elephant born there in seven years.

A desert elephant family in the Namib Desert, Namibia. These elephants are not a genetically distinct species but are instead African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) that have adapted to the ...