In a move that has drawn global attention and stirred controversy, Zimbabwe has announced plans to cull dozens of elephants and distribute their meat to local communities. This decision comes amid ...

BANGKOK (AP) – A new taste for eating elephant meat _ everything from trunks to sex organs _ has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species. Wildlife officials told ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PHOTO: A group of elephants and giraffes walk near a carcass of an elephant at a watering hole inside Hwange National Park, in ...

Namibia plans to cull more than 700 wild animals, including dozens of elephants and hippos, and distribute the meat to help locals struggling under what the United Nations has called the worst drought ...

In 1948, a group of amateurs led by a local headmaster in Lehringen, Germany, uncovered the skeleton of a straight-tusked elephant – the largest land mammal known to have roamed Europe – in ...

Learn about the 430,000-year-old stone tools and techniques that allowed ancient humans to butcher elephant meat for a hefty meal. Ancient hominins needed the right stone tools to butcher their meals, ...

Markets in the Central African Republic offer all the jungle's delicacies, including monkey, chimpanzee, antelope and, if you have the cash, even elephant. Hunters kill the elephants and cut off the ...

This illustration gives an idea of how Neanderthals would have butchered an elephant: they used flint tools to break open the thick elephant skin and then remove the organs and meat. Hunting a male ...