It is spring on the Front Range of Colorado, which means before long the region will receive an influx of many, many moths.

Two years ago, avian influenza ravaged elephant seal colonies in South America. Are the colonies on the northern Pacific ...

The retired elephants of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will be moving to a spacious new home at a Florida conservation center next year, concluding a journey that began in 2015 when ...

The cave’s name, Natural Trap, is literal: Over the past 150,000 years, countless animals have fallen into it. When approached from the relatively flat plain to the east, the pit appears ...

A new fossil and DNA analysis traces how dozens of sloth species responded to climate shifts and humans. Just two small tree-dwelling sloths remain today.

Elephants in warmer climates need larger ears to stay cool. That’s why African elephants, who live in hotter regions, have much larger ears than their Asian counterparts. The bigger the ear, the ...

Elephant ears are unique. African elephants have large ears. Asian elephants have smaller ears. Ears help regulate body temperature. They also enhance hearing. Elephants use ears for communication.

Without swift medical intervention, the injury would have caused irreversible damage to the elephant’s foot, experts said. Screen grab of Facebook photo shared by Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.

African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth and significantly larger than their relatives in Asia, from which they are separated by millions of years of evolution. Nevertheless ...

Elephant mothers are some of the most protective animals on the planet. When one baby elephant falls, they all come running, literally! It’s almost like an unspoken code among the species ...

05/20/2025 May 20, 2025 Trains are an environmentally friendly mode of transport, emitting much less CO2 than cars and planes. But for elephants they can be deadly. AI is helping to change that.