Elephants have the longest gestation period of all mammals, carrying their young for 18 to 22 months before giving birth. Long developmental periods are common among highly intelligent wildlife.

The elephant population in Kruger has drastically risen in the last century. Park managers must now contend with an ...

Elephants have the longest gestation period among land mammals: it lasts from 20 to 22 months for the African elephant and can even reach up to 28 months for the Asian elephant.

NEW DELHI: India reported 2,829 human casualties due to elephant attacks and lost 528 elephants due to unnatural causes including electrocution, train accidents, poaching and poisoning in the last ...

Elephants have the longest gestation period of any mammal on Earth today. African elephants, for example, carry their young for 22 months. Asian elephants, meanwhile, average anywhere between 18 and ...

A 2021 study published in the journal Science found that the frequency of tuskless females had risen from 52 elephants (18.5 percent of the total population) in the pre-war period to 108 (50.9 ...

In Mozambique, researchers are racing to understand the genetics of elephants born without tusks—and the consequences of the trait. ... and 27 percent smaller than the females from that period.