Tag: elephant

There are many types of coffee in the world, each with its own particular taste and aroma. The quality and ...

Females are passing on a mutated gene.

Situation is bleak but some conservation efforts are working well

Central and Western Africa are the most affected regions.

It's good news, just not *very* good news.

Researchers say that the study marks a "significant step toward bringing mammoths back from the dead."

It would be an amazing example of evolution -- if it weren't so tragic.

Faced with the hot and dry savannah, the African elephant evolved a creative solution.

There are not many people I dislike as intensely as ivory poachers.

It's an innovative idea that could one day be instrumental in protecting elephants.

A huge elephant used to roam the Middle East up to 300,000 years ago.

Researchers have shown that Asian elephants are even smarter than we thought.

They're the shortest sleepers in the animal kingdom. Scientists also found elephants get little to no REM sleep, which might ...

In the fight with cancer, we need any piece of help we can get. With this in mind, a group ...

Every year, over 30,000 elephants are murdered, slaughtered for their tusks. Ivory is an extremely valuable commodity, and many people ...

A team at University of Chicago made the most comprehensive woolly mammoth genome sequencing ever. By comparing its genome with ...

We seem to be losing the war on elephant poachers, but a new toolset that involves tracing slaughter hotspots in ...

Cloning the woolly mammoth is a life long dream for many geneticists and biologists, but the challenges are numerous. Now, ...

We're used to hearing how elephants are driven off by habitat lost, but never the other way around. Researchers at University of ...

Elephant numbers are dwindling, with over 100.000 elephants being killed in Africa between 2010 and 2012. Image via AP. Most ...

Photo: California Academy of Sciences A new mammalian species has been discovered among the ancient volcanic formation in Namibia that ...

An international team of researchers set out on the daunting task of surveying the Central African elephant population. Their results ...

International treaties to protect the elephants are not working - that's the sad truth. There is no real, practical way ...

It is already known, and proven numerous times that elephants are incredibly intelligent, cooperative, and kind. Here is another video ...

Elephants are absolutely amazing animals, from numerous points of view; they are extremely loyal and loving creatures, they have evolved ...