The elephant is the largest existing land mammal on Earth, weighing anywhere from 4,000 to 10,000 pounds. There are three species of elephants: the African bush elephant (also known as the African ...

An extinct species of giant elephant that used to roam across much of Europe and Asia was more closely related to modern African forest elephants than forest elephants are to modern African bush ...

African Bush Elephants can weigh 13,000 pounds. You don’t want to get on their bad side, especially when they’re protecting their young. In a recent matchup of elephant vs. truck, the elephant won. It ...

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 ...

The San Diego Zoo Monday announced the death of Tembo, a 48-year-old African bush elephant that had lived at the Balboa Park zoo since 1983. According to the zoo, the pachyderm “had been under ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A study of the African bush elephant's vast network of deep wrinkles has found it is intricately designed to help the animals keep their cool, fight off parasites and defend against ...

An elephant’s strength is so great that it can take down trees simply by tugging at the branches with its trunk. A video from the YouTube channel, PETER FERNANDES (GRENT WORLD), shows one determined ...