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Watching elephants move through the African bush is one of the defining moments of a safari journey. This route visits ...

A 23-million-year fossil record shows Africa's giant mammals slowly vanished over time because evolution stopped replacing them.

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A study of elephants, giraffes and other wildlife in Namibia's Etosha National Park underscores the ways in which the environment, biological sex, and anatomical distinctions can drive variation in ...

According to officials, it was Kenya's only female white giraffe. Now, just one white giraffe, a bull, remains at the sanctuary. With their crane-like necks, spindle legs and knobbly knees, giraffes ...

In the clip, an elephant uses brute strength (and a little engineering) to topple a tree and bring high leaves within reach—an iconic example of elephant problem-solving. African elephants are the ...

WASHINGTON — The giraffe, the tallest land animal, is now at risk of extinction, biologists say. Because the giraffe population has shrunk nearly 40 percent in just 30 years, scientists put it on the ...