Field rangers observed fewer tusked female elephants. Decades of ivory hunting in Gorongosa National Park favored tuskless survivors. This trait is passed to offspring, dramatically increasing the ...

Elephants are some of the most iconic animals today, but their ancient relatives looked drastically different. From towering, tusked giants to bizarre, shovel-jawed species, prehistoric elephants came ...

Conservationist and ornithologist Steve Boyes has been searching for this elusive herd for years, and the story of his ...

African elephants are known to recognize groups of humans, to test electric fences with their tusks to avoid injury, and (of course) can remember paths to resources passed down to them decades earlier ...