Mammoths and elephants, both belonging to the Elephantidae family, showcase distinct adaptations to different environments.

Elephants are frequently poached for their skin and ivory tusks, and in some countries ... of female African elephants in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park to 800 elephants living in European ...

Elephants touching each other gently. Image via Johan Swanepoel via Depositphotos. Human beings have long admired elephants ... Elephants family on savanna. Safari in Amboseli, Kenya, Africa. Image by ...

Research by Dr. Cynthia Moss of the Amboseli Elephant Research Project ... ensures that orphaned calves rarely go unnoticed for long within functional herds. One of the most fascinating aspects of ...

I’d been coming to this site for 19 years to study elephants, and the complexity ... when more food is available. Long-term studies in Amboseli indicate that dominant bulls tend to come into ...

Research conducted at Amboseli National Park found ... They will defend their herd with their long, sharp tusks and powerful trunks. Elephants form close family bonds. In some mammal species ...

Near the entrance, replica tusks of Tolstoy ... too. Elephants, some 1800 of which call the area home, amble in long solemn lines through the marshes. And Lake Amboseli itself, polka-dotted ...

The mighty elephant paws at the foot of an acacia tree, his tusks so long they graze the grass ... year draws tens of thousands of visitors to Amboseli National Park in Kenya, on the southern ...

But the hunters who killed one of Africa’s semi-tame elephants knew they’d done wrong – so they took Gilgil’s massive ivory tusks and burned ... with Kenya and the Amboseli National ...

He was "a benevolent, slow-moving preserver of the peace at Amboseli," KWS said. "He was well known and loved throughout Kenya." An elephant is technically a "tusker" when its ivory tusks are so long ...