There are two types of elephants: African and Asian. They both have long trunks ... Here’s what makes an elephant a mammal, including some facts you may not know about them.

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The extinct dwarf mammoth species, Mammuthus creticus, was only around 1m tall - about the size of a modern African or Asian baby elephant ... larger than those of elephants and have corkscrew ...

Elephants have long captured human imagination in art and culture, and scientists have long sought to understand them. Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) study African ...

Asian elephants ritually bury their dead calves, a ground-breaking study by an Indian Forest Service officer and a Pune-based researcher has found. Oscar winner The Elephant Whisperers’ Kartiki ...

PHNOM PENH (AP) -- A genetic study of Asian elephants in northern Cambodia published Thursday reveals a larger and more robust population than previously thought, raising hopes the endangered ...

Asian elephants are a perennially popular attraction at Taito Ward's Ueno Zoological Gardens, the oldest zoo in Japan. The calf, which is male, was born Oct. 31. It stands about 1 meter high at ...

Here are some fascinating facts about Kaziranga National Park ... the park is home to one of the largest populations of Asian ...

Home ranges for Asian elephants begin at a minimum of 2,471 acres, but the two left living at the city's zoo are confined to just a few acres — a circumstance activists believe to be deadly Los ...

The comment comes four days after a crowd of 30 animal advocates rallied outside the zoo calling for the immediate release of Asian elephants Billy and Tina, who are 40 and 58 years old ...