GLAND, Switzerland, March 26, 2021 (ENS) – Poaching for ivory and loss of habitat over the past five decades have taken a grim toll on African elephants. The African forest elephant, Loxodonta ...

Male elephants have distinct characters, and certain individuals within the society are influential and can have a positive psychological impact on the group, according to new research. The study also ...

It has long been a subject of debate amongst scientists, but most have come around to the idea that African elephants are actually two distinct species: the larger Loxodonta africana, or savanna ...

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Somewhere in the African Savanna, as a pride of lions prowls in the tall grass, tracking a gathering of wildebeest, and as a flock of gazelles tiptoes from one lonely Acacia tree to another, ...

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