To trace tusk evolution, researchers needed a more concrete definition to distinguish tusks from teeth and other external ...

This charmingly eloquent semi-autobiographical show – which first played at the Bush Theatre in 2022 – tells the story of a ...

Of extinct Ice Age animals, woolly mammoths are probably one of the most famous. But if they were still around, then our ...

This clever elephant uses its tusk to pull out a high-voltage electrical fence ... This video alone is a vivid illustration of how elephants apply their intelligence in real-life situations, finding ...

Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Full ... Palaeoloxodon is often called the “straight-tusked elephant,” as its tusks don’t curve as much as those of other fossil elephants.

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She walked in front of the elephant when it took one of its tusks and gored her to death, reported the Thai Examiner. She was rushed to a local hospital, where she later died from a head injury.

Elephant tusks are both a valuable tool and a potential liability for these gentle giants. The desire for ivory has made elephants popular targets for illegal poaching, and it can have a ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A veterinary dentist came to the rescue of a Sedgwick County Zoo elephant that suffered a broken tusk in a fight with another male elephant. The zoo says Callee got into a ...

Thirty large mammal specialists traveled from South Africa, India and other zoos across America last week to perform the last phase of tusk removal surgery for Ali, a 34-year-old elephant at the ...

Nigeria on Tuesday destroyed 2.5 tonnes of seized elephant tusks valued at over 9.9 billion naira ($11.2 million) in a push to protect its dwindling elephant population from rampant wildlife ...