One notable difference between elephants and gomphotheres besides their size is the number of tusks. Elephants have two tusks. These are actually teeth. They extend down from their upper jaw.

Within the Amboseli ecosystem that straddles southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, only about 10 of these large-tusked elephants remain in the wild, and we’re determined to see one. Our ...

Elephants were wise, with such a keen sense of direction that they’d guide a wayward traveler to any destination. They had long lives and remarkable memory, trunks of great dexterity, and tusks ...