British tourist among two women killed by elephant while on safari in Zambian national park - The two women were charged by a ...

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 ...

African elephants are 10-12 feet tall and weigh 8,000-12,000 pounds, while Asian elephants are 7-10 feet tall and weigh 6,000 ...

What do a wildlife conservationist, a herd of trained elephants, a jazz composer and an architect have in common? In the ...

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 ...

African elephants. Genetic research has raised the possibility that the two classic forms of elephant in Africa are separate species rather than subspecies of Loxodonta africana. Museum research has ...

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. Shaik Adam Shabir Ammed, 59, was with his ...

Researchers Document Huge Drop in African Elephants in a Half Century By Will Dunham (Reuters) - African elephants are Earth's largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent ...

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

In 2022, delegates from Africa attended talks in Panama on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES. They were divided over elephant management.

African elephants are 10-12 feet tall and weigh 8,000-12,000 pounds, while Asian elephants are 7-10 feet tall and weigh 6,000-11,000 pounds. While neither animal is small by any means, ...