Join Elmo and the Sesame Street gang on a once-in-a-lifetime African safari adventure. After adopting an orphaned elephant ...

BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. Tell them apart by their ears There are three species of ...

1. Does recent research resolve once and for all whether there are two separate species of African elephant? 2. What are the conservation implications if there are two species? We would have to ...

Fred Kaufman and Sal Perez serve as executive producers on the special, which follows the Sesame Street friends' visit to an ...

Habitat fragmentation is blamed for the lack of genetic diversity in elephant populations. Elephants that historically intermingled have more diverse DNA. Conservationists have sounded the alarm for ...

Have you ever wondered what the world's largest land animal might be? While some land animals (giraffes) might be taller, and some marine life (blue whales) might be heavier, one animal stands alone ...

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Elephants are incredibly intelligent animals that experience a remarkable emotional depth. While they can be fiercely ...

Elephants are one of the iconic animals that people travel thousands of miles to see. But have you ever wondered if elephants are endangered? Well, unfortunately, these huge animals — the largest land ...

There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant. The African savanna elephant and the Asian elephant are listed as ...