This also means that African elephants are taller than Asian elephants. African elephants are 10-12 feet tall and weigh 8,000-12,000 pounds, while Asian elephants are 7-10 feet tall and weigh ...

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 ...

Palani Mohan devoted six years and traveled to 11 Asian countries to create this intimate glimpse into the world of the Asian elephant, a creature which—even as its African cousin flourishes—is ...

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 ...

The average life expectancy of an African elephant is around 70 years, while their slightly smaller relative, the Asian elephant, has a life expectancy of around 60 years. As most of us are aware ...

Judges ruled a bid to free five elderly African elephants from Cheyenne ... Blackpool Zoo says a three-day-old Asian elephant calf died after its mother struggled to rear it.