Despite decades of research into African elephants, much research into Asian elephants has lagged behind—which is why our feature, “ The Elephant Next Door,” will focus on this species.

The new African elephant genome is available in NCBI under accession numbers GCA_030014295.1 and GCA_030020305.1.

Another difference between African elephants and Asian elephants is their size and weight. While both of these creatures are extremely large and impressive to behold, African elephants far ...

Survey-based inference of continental African elephant decline. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024; 121 (48) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2403816121 ...

Osh, the Oakland Zoo's last African elephant was recently moved from California to an Tennessee's Elephant Sanctuary. How the 15,000-pound animal made the 2,250-mile journey.