The African forest elephant is quite similar to the African bush elephant; in fact, for many years, the two species were lumped together, with both being considered simply African elephants.

Elephants are some of the most fascinating, huge yet cute animals roaming on Earth. They are smart and emotionally ...

A study of the African bush elephant's vast network of deep wrinkles has found it is intricately designed to help the animals keep their cool, fight off parasites and defend against sun damage ...

The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is the largest land animal on Earth. A mature male may stand up to 13 feet tall at the shoulder and ...

Reuters 2018-10-02T12:47:47Z A bookmark FILE PHOTO: A baby elephant walks behind its mother as they graze in the Amboseli National Park, southeast of Kenya's capital Nairobi Thomson Reuters ...

The African bush elephant is the largest and heaviest of all elephants, weighing up to 6,000 kg and reaching up to 4 m in height. It has large ears, a long trunk, and long and curved tusks.

African Savanna (Bush) elephants are the world’s largest land mammals after all. They can reach up to 10 feet tall and weigh over 13,000 pounds. Even newborn calves weigh over 200 pounds at birth.

In the South African bush, elephants are being trained in the art of "bio-detection" to see if they can use their exceptional sense of smell to sniff out explosives, landmines and poachers.

Southern African countries home to the largest elephant population in the world fear a rise in animal deaths in the coming months as food and water sources dwindle following a severe drought.

While albinism is thought to be fairly common in Asian elephants, it is much less common in the larger African species. Ecologist Dr Mike Chase, who runs conservation charity Elephants Without Borders ...

But African bush elephants, Dr. Pardo and his colleagues argue, may be the first nonhuman animals shown to call one another by names as humans understand them, based on abstract sounds.