The African savanna elephant is the biggest of the three species and the largest land animal on Earth. Adult males weigh around 5,000 to 6,000 kilograms, which is 11,000 to 13,000 pounds — or about ...

A Unique Birth: The African-Asian Elephant Hybrid Motty’s birth was a rare event not just because of his hybrid nature but also due to the unprecedented pairing of two elephants from different ...

Watch this endangered teen elephant dancing and singing in the rain at the San Diego Zoo Nipho, an African elephant at the San Diego Zoo may not have the moves of Gene Kelly, but the 12-year-old's ...

The number of African elephants decreased by more than 86% over 31 years, and African savanna elephant populations fell by at least 60% over the last 50 years, according to the ICUN.

MATJAZ KRIVIC Miri, a 6-month-old elephant born through artificial insemination using wild African sperm collected during Frozen Dumbo 3's predecessor project, Frozen Dumbo 2.

African elephants use "names" to communicate with each other in the same way that humans do, researchers have discovered. A new study, carried out by Colorado State University scientists who ...