African elephants actually include two species: the African savanna elephant and the African forest elephant ... Both male and female African elephants grow big tusks, but only a few male Asian ...

The somewhat smaller forest elephants live in the tropical ... Males are usually only around when a female is in heat. African bush elephants have easily identifiable, large ears which allow ...

Specifically, researchers looked at 469 rumbles of three different types — contact, greeting and caregiving — from female-offspring ... relative, the African forest elephant, received degraded ...

Both male and female African savannahs have tusks and are therefore targeted by hunters. Three living elephant species are currently recognised - the African bush elephant, the African forest ...

Elephant researcher Cynthia Moss, who had just started a study of female African elephants ... for Conservation of Nature listing of African savanna and forest elephants as separate and endangered ...

Male African forest elephants boast overall larger sizes than females, exhibiting longer tusks with more space between the protrusions. Their backs are straighter, and they have rounder foreheads than ...