However, individual elephants can respond to water differently ... The program estimates the energy costs of movement based on the animals’ body mass and the slope of the terrain.

They can’t afford the water loss. The African elephant has the largest ears of any animal, accounting for 20% of their overall surface area. They make useful fans, but also have other mechanisms ...

It flaps its ears and squirts water from a waving trunk, but this elephant is a life-size mechanical replica rolled out to replace the endangered animals in India's Hindu temples. Made of ...

A new study has revealed that African Elephants have an extraordinary ability to meet their colossal food requirements as efficiently as possible. Data from over 150 elephants demonstrated that these ...

Climate change has meant more competition between humans and animals for resources like food and water and elephants can be especially destructive. Adult elephants can eat 150 kilograms (330 ...