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Many key differences separate African elephants from Asian elephants. Not only are they found in completely separate parts of the world, but they live in different habitats as well. The African ...

As tensions between China and the United States ramp up - particularly after the US doubled tariffs on Chinese imports to 20 per cent - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday called on New ...

The mother of a three-year-old boy who has been reunited with his toy elephant which had been sitting in the window of a butcher's shop has trumpeted the power of community for its swift return.

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Elephants are known for being wildly intelligent and incredibly social. They’re also one of the few animals — aside from humans — that grieve for their dead. They form tight social bonds with their ...

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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 ...

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Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic ...