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

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 ...

Elephants wear their biology in plain sight. Those sweeping ears are not a decorative afterthought but a set of oversized ...

They are large, intelligent, and remarkably social—elephants fascinate many people. With their calm demeanor, they impress at ...

The largest land mammal of our time has an evolutionary story at least 60 million years in the making. On Monday, a new exhibit revealing the ‘secret lives’ of the trunked giants will open at New York ...

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 ...

One of Africa’s last remaining “Super Tuskers” has passed away. Officials from the Amboseli National Park reported that Craig ...