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 ...

But the Biden administration’s long-awaited rules are fueling fierce debates over protection of the species both at home and abroad. The Fish and Wildlife Service finalized new rules Friday intended ...

1. Does recent research resolve once and for all whether there are two separate species of African elephant? 2. What are the conservation implications if there are two species? We would have to ...

Scientists knew almost nothing about how ebony trees, used for guitars and piano keys, grow. A new study reveals the secret ...

Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic, as ...

African elephant herds have faced poaching for decades, but a new wave of poaching has placed them on the edge of extinction, according to a study published Tuesday. The study was published in the ...

An African elephant was born at the Toledo Zoo in February, the zoo said. African elephants are an endangered species, according to the zoo. Screengrab from Toledo Zoo post on X, formerly Twitter An ...

With their massive flapping ears and long trunks, it isn't hard to believe that elephants tend to rely on acoustic and ...

(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 ...

Elephants, for instance, primarily draw upon sound and smell cues to converse with peers— elephants’ brain areas associated ...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service released a final rule that provides important additional Endangered Species Act protections for imperiled African elephants. However, the agency failed to prohibit the ...