Although elephant tusks appear large today, the tusks of their ancestors were dramatically larger. Due to the large size of the tusks, and the fact that they were longer than the elephant’s head ...

Bornean elephants are purportedly the smallest elephants in the world. Their calves are really diminutive: picture an animal the size of a compact fridge. They have hairy ears and an Eeyore-like ...

In addition to being smaller, forest elephants are darker and their tusks are straighter and point downward. There are also differences in the size and shape of the skull and skeleton between the two ...

So calves can grow to the size of a Boeing 757 by adulthood. Sounds like a pretty cushy start to life, especially when compared to other hefty newborns. On dry land, elephants win the biggest baby ...

Once found throughout the tear-shaped island at the bottom of India’s southern tip, these elephants are now being pushed into smaller areas as development activities clear forests and disrupt their ...

Image de huettenhoelscher via Depositphotos. African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth, with males weighing up to 12,000 pounds and standing as tall as 13 feet at the shoulder. Their ...

He used a tilted wide-angle lens to catch the size of any elephant entering the foreground, and a narrow aperture to create depth of field so that elephants in the background would also be in focus.