Focus: Studying the fossil origins of the Asian elephant, and the status of living subspecies such as the Borneo elephant. Museum researchers are studying the morphology of Borneo elephants, an ...

Genetic research has raised the possibility that the two classic forms of elephant in Africa are separate species rather than subspecies of Loxodonta africana. Museum research has uncovered ...

Elephants are among the largest mammals on Earth. They are loved by many for their intelligence and varied personalities.

A massive fossil skull of an extinct elephant unearthed in northern India’s Kashmir Valley has provided valuable insight ...

ivory poaching acted as a potent evolutionary pressure that saw a dramatic rise of female African elephants born without ...

Scientists have linked a fossilized elephant skull from Kashmir with another from Turkmenistan, identifying them as a distinct species of Palaeoloxodon. These findings could fill gaps in the ...

When they heard their name, they approached the speaker more quickly and responded more vocally. The finding suggests that ...

After the extinction of the dinosaurs during the Cretaceous mass extinction (the fifth mass extinction) about 66 million ...

The ivory trade, loss of vital habitat and a deeper understanding of elephant biology have all combined to reveal a previously underestimated threat to Africa's elephants. African forest elephants ...

The Elephant Fayre attracted 30,000 people in 1983, but was shut down a few years later after looting, violence and heavy drug use. It returned as the Port Eliot Literary Festival in the 2000s A ...