On top of this, loss of habitat, human-elephant conflict, and political instability provide significant long-term challenges to their survival. Importantly, despite compelling genetic research ...

DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species. They also have straighter, thinner tusks, more rounded ears and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant species ...

African bush elephants are the largest species and ... to 15 years old to form smaller bachelor herds. Elephants are a keystone species as they help to shape and maintain the ecosystem.

A paper published Tuesday in the PLoS Biology scientific journal shows that African elephants are, in fact, two species that diverged millions of years ago. "A surprising finding from our study is ...