If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...

Ndlula, Umngani and Khosi — scramble to encircle and shield the two 7-year-old calves, Zuli and Mkhaya, from any possible ...

They found that elephant consumes 400 litres of water a day on average and hence they have a fixed movement path. Just like other living beings, they too needed to be near water.

Unlike other primates, early humans - and our cousins - can't digest plant fibre. Our evolutionary predecessors were short on rich, easy meals - except one. Docile, lumbering elephants were so perfect ...

When an earthquake strikes, humans duck and cover. But elephants get in formation. African elephants at the San Diego Zoo instinctively formed a protective circle around its youngest family ...

Numerous anecdotal accounts suggest animals possess an uncanny ability to respond early to earthquakes before humans. Dogs, ...

A video shot of their enclosure at the park Monday morning shows the five African elephants standing around in the morning sun before the camera shakes and they run in different directions.

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For African elephants, currently the largest land animals walking the Earth, finding food efficiently is critical to survival ...

Elephants balance effort and energy efficiency, especially during long journeys. These insights can inform conservation strategies, including habitat protection and migration corridor design, and ...

Moeritherium was not an ancestor to modern elephants. The creature was part of an early branch that thrived in wet habitats of ancient Africa and then entirely vanished. In fact, paleontologists ...