The African elephant is the largest land mammal, growing up to 13ft (4m) at shoulder height and weighing around 6350kg (14000lbs). Living up to 70 years elephants are famous for their wisdom and ...

Each location has its own unique experience ... and home to one of the densest African elephant populations on the continent. One of the unique aspects of a South African safari is the ability ...

African elephants are the largest mammals that ... Forget what you’ve seen in pretty much every cartoon containing an elephant - they don’t actually eat peanuts, and we don’t really know ...

The African elephant in the room: is there such a thing as a true carbon-neutral safari? "I suppose that in a spreadsheet it might be possible," says Lisa Scriven, general manager of Fair Trade ...

On top of this, loss of habitat, human-elephant conflict, and political instability provide significant long-term challenges to their survival. Importantly, despite compelling genetic research ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed new restrictions today on U.S. imports of sport-hunted African elephant trophies and live trade. The proposal halts trophy imports from ...

(KSNW) — The Sedgwick County Zoo’s excitement about five elephant pregnancies has been dimmed as one of the pregnancies has ended in a stillbirth. The zoo says 29-year-old African elephant ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rural farming communities on the border between the southern African countries of Malawi and Zambia are seeking damages and threatening to sue an international ...

The zoo said Monday on Facebook that 29-year-old African elephant Simunye delivered the stillborn calf on Friday.