Researchers analysed the genetic health of African elephants — Earth’s largest land animals — by looking at genome data for ...

The African elephant population was traditionally reliant upon the ability to move around large areas in order to preserve ...

In the largest genomic mapping of Africa's elephants to date, an international team of researchers shows that elephant ...

An international research team analyzed 232 whole genomes from both savanna and forest elephants, collected across 17 African ...

African elephants are the world's largest land mammals, with males, on average, reaching up to 3m in height and weighing up to 6 tonnes. The number of African forest elephants has fallen by more than ...

(Reuters) - African elephants are Earth's largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. They also are in peril. Fresh evidence of this comes in a study that ...

Habitat loss and poaching have driven dramatic declines in African elephants, but it is challenging to measure their numbers and monitor changes across the entire continent. A new study has analyzed ...

In the past, people enjoyed watching elephants perform tricks in circuses. Today, such entertainment has largely fallen out ...