The experimenter presented two trays in front of the elephants, one with apples and another without. Elephants did everything possible to get to the fruit.

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Today, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species places the African forest elephant as critically endangered and decreasing in population.

The African Elephant is a magnificent Animal, home to the African continent. Explore this beauty in his natural environment. After much genetic research, it has been established that the African ...

Sanctuaries like the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) in California, and Elephant Refuge North America in Georgia offer vast spaces for elephants to ...

This remarkable photograph above of the critically endangered African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) was captured using a camera trap.

African forest elephants are smaller, darker, and harder to track in their dense forest habitats. Found in Central Africa, most African forest elephants live in the Republic of Congo and Gabon.

A bump in the elephant brain stem pointed scientists to the wrinkles on their trunks and the role those folds play in the animal’s life.

Now, you may have heard of other types of elephants as well. The Asian elephant has 3-4 (scientists are still debating the number) of subspecies that are subgroups of the Asian elephant. Let’s dive ...

Videos show how African elephants may be the first nonhuman species to use vocal name-like identifiers for each other, suggesting "the capacity for some degree of symbolic thought," researchers said.

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