An intricate network of crevices adorns the skin surface of the African bush elephant. By retaining water, these micrometer-wide channels greatly help elephants in regulating their body temperature.

From cooling their massive bodies to strengthening social bonds, elephants use mud baths as a versatile tool to stay comfortable, healthy, and happy in their often harsh environments. For these very ...

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

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is working with an organization in Africa on conservation efforts and, in the process, is ...

The prime subject for African carvers, ironically enough, is elephants. Ivory elephants may already outnumber the living creatures, which are being killed at the unsustainable rate of 35,000 per year.

This is the second time the African elephant had been speared. In November 2014, Dr. Michael Njoroge, who heads the Amboseli Veterinary Unit, successfully treated the elephant for a deep spear ...

Oct. 3 (UPI) --Elephants' skin is marked by a network of tiny crevices. These tiny channels trap water and mud, helping elephants regulate their body temperatures. In a new paper, published this ...

African elephants are known to love bathing, spraying and mud-wallowing, and since they have no sweat and sebum glands to keep their skin moist and supple, the tiny crevices trap and hold on to ...

Our Featured Videos Previously, elephants were only classified as either African or Asian. However, African elephants include two species, the forest elephants and the savanna elephants.