These magnificent animals belong to the family Elephantidae and are divided into two main species: the African elephant and ...

Asian elephants are generally smaller, and with the ongoing human-wildlife conflict, as well as habitat destruction, these mammals have a shorter lifespan. There is a difference in ear size between ...

In the same month that the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) suspended Delhi Zoo’s membership for six months for ...

AND SO GOES A NIGHT on the front lines of southern Africa's ruthless ... Also, darting an elephant is much more dangerous than darting a rhino, because of its greater size and the protectiveness ...

Everybody knows how quick cheetahs are, how big elephants ... that live in Africa and Asia. They feature long legs and a stabilizing tail with very short arms. Despite their tiny size, they ...

Our first destination was Meru National Park, a remote wilderness spot that teems with wildlife in its fairly sparse golden ...

During the late 1990s it grew again, doubling in size (although legal issues remain ... the park also harbors almost 1,300 wild elephants; 1,800 Asiatic wild water buffalo, the largest remaining ...

The Earth is home to some amazing animals, and many of them are well-known. Everybody knows how quick cheetahs are, how big ...

Like babirusas, tapirs also resemble pigs except for one key feature: a short, elephant-like proboscis that they use for ... Southern White Rhino today is in Kruger National Park in South Africa, home ...

Observations at the Berlin Zoo provide new insights into elephants' cognitive abilities and social behaviors.

And the day has finally come. Elephant Ear Books opens Saturday, Nov. 16, at 449 S. Harvey St., offering a curated selection of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books just in time for the ...

They're the largest animals walking the Earth, but scientists at Colorado State University in the US warn that African ...