It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like ...

Hansken the elephant was an incredible creature. Not only could she sword fight, wave a flag, and put a hat on her head, the 17th century animal performer was also drawn by none other than Rembrandt ...

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The new footage marks the first time the species has been photographed or filmed in Senegal's Niokolo-Koba National Park in five years Panthera and Senegal’s National Parks Directorate (DPN) An ...

Human hunting was the key factor in the loss of dozens of elephant-like species in the past 2 million years, according to an AI-assisted analysis of thousands of fossils. The extinction rate of these ...

Scientists studied stone tools, bone flakes and rare elephant remains at a middle Pleistocene site. Their findings shed light on the evolution of giant elephants and humans alike. During the late ...

This study was funded in part by the Australian Research Council and other international funding bodies. Madagascar’s extinct elephant birds – the largest birds ever to have lived – have captured ...

Back in 2018, Miami welcomed a unique new resident: a 7-year-old Asian elephant named Ongard. The first male elephant born in Australia’s Melbourne Zoo, Ongard arrived in South Florida on a chartered ...

Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence of animal butchery by humans in India. During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant ...