Elephants are strong enough to knock over trees. But why do they do it, and how does it benefit the ecosystem?

Reuters 2018-10-02T12:47:47Z A bookmark FILE PHOTO: A baby elephant walks behind its mother as they graze in the Amboseli National Park, southeast of Kenya's capital Nairobi Thomson Reuters ...

African bush elephants live in 23 countries with the majority located in southern and eastern African countries, such as Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, Namibia, Zambia and South Africa.

African elephants, the planet's largest land animals, are celebrated for their intelligence, complex social systems, and essential role in their ecosystems. However, they are now facing a severe ...

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 sun damage ...

And the first thing that greets many visitors is the museum’s iconic African bush elephant. Standing 13-feet tall and weighing 11 tons, the elephant — who is affectionately known by his ...

But a new genetic analysis of fossils from the extinct species compared with the living found that the straight-tusked elephants last shared a common ancestor with the forest variety some 1.5 to 3 ...