Biotech company Colossal Biosciences made headlines in April 2025 after claiming it had "successfully restored … the dire ...

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

According to National Geographic, this has resulted in elephants “evolving to lose their tusks.” African forest elephants ... to walk in is bereft of any trees, plants, or other foliage ...

Unlike lions, they are solitary creatures and spend much of their time alone resting high in trees or scanning ... live across 37 African countries: the African forest elephant and the African ...

“This reduces the competition for nutrients so that elephants help to create bigger trees faster.” One species stands out: the African forest elephant. By toppling small trees and shrubs and ...

It found large-scale declines in both species of African elephants – the African forest elephant (L ... As they move, they push over trees to get to their branches and roots, helping maintain ...

While this is good for elephants, it's making life harder for humans who live near them. These huge herbivores can raid crops and destroy large trees ... even smaller African forest elephant ...

“African forest elephants play a crucial role in influencing the shape of the forest structure, including helping increase the diversity, density, and abundance of plant and tree species,” Oday Abbosh ...

Somewhere in the African Savanna ... Nature (WWF): “Since the diet of forest elephants is dominated by fruit, they play a crucial role in dispersing many tree species. They are therefore ...

And that difference has deep roots in the elephant family tree, the DNA evidence suggests ... taller at the shoulder than the African forest elephant, which lives in equatorial forests of central ...