As with all life forms, elephants have evolved over time from ungulates to near ungulates or subungulates as they are called today. Their unusually shaped feet are quite similar to that of ungulates, ...

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Elephants are vital to ecosystems. Learn interesting facts and how WWF works to protect them across Africa and Asia.

For zoologists it has, if you excuse the pun, long been the elephant in the room. While the text books insist there are just two species of elephant in the world – the long-eared African and the ...

African elephants are increasingly vulnerable to disease due to inbreeding, reveals a major new study. Evidence of genetic mutations was discovered in isolated populations of the iconic species in the ...