The iconic duo have been with the Louisville Zoo for decades. Mikki, an African elephant, has been with the Zoo since 1987, and gave birth to two male calves, Scotty and Fitz. Punch has called ...

the forest elephant and the savanna elephant. The results were eye opening. African elephants have experienced serious losses in contemporary times (between 1964 and 2016). The average population ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed new restrictions today on U.S. imports of sport-hunted African elephant trophies and live trade. The proposal halts trophy imports from ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today adopted new restrictions on U.S. imports of African elephant hunting trophies and live elephants but stopped short of a total ban on imports.

Museum research has uncovered populations with a mosaic of features. There are two forms of African elephant, with different distributions and very marked physical differences: A 2004 expedition to ...

Elephants are the largest land animals. They exist on Earth in two species: the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the Asian elephant (Elephas indicus), which is smaller and rarer in the ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a zoo to improve the health of an African elephant named Ely, the first time the country’s highest court has made such a move ...