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a baby elephant walking under an adult

Endangered Species

Meet Sam Houston, the new baby Asian elephant

By Margherita Bassi

a zookeper places a piece of apple inside of an elephant's trunk

Elephants are smart. So are their whiskers.

By Laura Baisas

Seized ivory and rhino tusks photographed by law enforcement

Endangered Species

Endangered rhino horns and elephant tusks seized in California

Elephant bones at excavation site next to chalkboard labeling it

Ancient humans butchered giant elephants with thumb-sized tools

three elephants crossing a river

Endangered Species

Elephants avoid wasting energy during their epic journeys

By Laura Baisas

an elephant in a zoo enclosure holds a yellow hose in its trunk and uses the hose as a shower

Watch a clever elephant use a hose to get clean

By Laura Baisas

An illustration showing an imposing fully-grown male Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus wandering India’a Kashmir Valley, 400,000 years ago, towering over a herd of Central Asian red deer. In the distance, a small band of prehistoric humans set up a campfire to cook their meal.

Mysterious elephant species uncovered with 87 prehistoric stone tools

By Laura Baisas

twin baby elephants stand under their mother

Set of rare elephant twins born in Thailand

By Laura Baisas

two juvenile elephants greet each other near a watering hole. their trunks are interlocked.

African elephants use name-like calls to address each other

By Laura Baisas