According to Tara Easter, writing for the organization, the move to place both species under the protection of the Endangered Species Act would close a regulatory loophole in controlling the illegal ...

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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades.

Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic, as ...

Elephants investigate and revisit the remains of their dead for years — a biologist explains the real science behind this eerie, grief-like behavior.