Elephants are strong enough to knock over trees. But why do they do it, and how does it benefit the ecosystem?

Elephants Used 38 Unique Gestures to Ask for Apples And Scientists Are Still Decoding What They All Mean Humans can interact ...

A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like calls for each other that resemble human names — a finding that potentially "radically expands the express ...

Named after Ousmane Sarr, a veteran park ranger who dedicated his life to protecting Niokolo-Koba's endangered species, the elephant steps silently into view in the black-and-white footage. His large ...

Savanna elephants have declined by about 70% and forest elephants by about 90% on average in the surveyed sites. The Jerusalem Post. How can something this big go away?

The savanna elephant weighs between 6 and 7 tons, roughly double the weight of the forest elephant. The African elephant is listed as endangered by the U.S. Endangered Species Act, ...

There are two distinct species of elephants in Africa, not one, according to new genetic evidence. Previously, some scientists argued that the African savanna elephant and the forest elephant were ...

Africa’s savanna elephant population plummeted by about 30 percent from 2007 to 2014 and is declining at about 8 percent a year, said a survey funded by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist ...

This exclusive clip from National Geographic's Secrets of the Elephants shows how Zoe the savanna elephant handles her unconventional herd Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

African savanna elephants, above, are now listed as endangered. The African forest elephant is in even greater peril. Jane Wynyard/Save the Elephants.

African savanna elephants are found across nearly two dozen countries, including Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, Namibia, Zambia and South Africa. In 2021, this species, ...