Scientists say they have calculated the date at which the African and the Asian elephant went their separate ways. The two elephant species diverged from a common ancestor some 7.6 million years ago, ...

The Tulsa Zoo has two new Asian elephants. They came from a zoo in Los Angeles, even though some people there filed a lawsuit ...

Billy and Tina are still in quarantine, but in just a few weeks, they'll be with the rest of the herd on the new preserve.

Of extinct Ice Age animals, woolly mammoths are probably one of the most famous. But if they were still around, then our ...

White Oak Conservation’s purchase of 35 Asian elephants from Feld Entertainment, announced today, creates what will be the largest community of Asian elephants in the Western Hemisphere ...

Nearly 30 years ago, three wild bull elephants, Raja Gaj, Kancha, and Thula Hatti, roamed boldly through the dense forests ...

Mammoths and elephants, both belonging to the Elephantidae family, showcase distinct adaptations to different environments.

Newly found fossils show that those rivers were home to fish, turtles, river sharks, and even hippos. On land, elephants, ...

Researchers analyzed fossils and DNA to get a big-picture view of sloth evolution and determine what drove their immense size ...

Explore how ancient sloths evolved in size, from small climbers to massive ground dwellers, shaped by shifting climates and ...

The larger sloths didn’t do much tree climbing, at risk of falling to their deaths. Instead, they survived by being ...

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