Modern elephants are impressive, but their extinct relatives were far stranger. This documentary explores prehistoric proboscideans like Deinotherium, Platybelodon, and massive mastodons that once ...

BUFFALO, NY - A rare and exciting discovery at the Buffalo Museum of Science: the egg of an extinct elephant bird found in a locked cabinet inside a storage room in the museum. Zoology Collections ...

Herds of woolly mammoth once roamed the span of the Northern Hemisphere, from the British Isles across the Bering land bridge to the eastern shores of North America. Then, about 4000 years ago, the ...

With each passing year, species across the United States face an uncertain future. As habitats continue to be destroyed, climate change destabilizes weather patterns, and invasive species take over ...

An endangered Asian elephant calf born at the Smithsonian Zoo received its name.

Madagascar is home to some of the world’s most unique flora and fauna. And, up until about a thousand years ago, it was home to the world’s largest known bird species. Meet Madagascar’s legendary ...

N E W   D E L H I, India, June 5 -- India’s elephant population isteetering on the brink of extinction because of rampant poachingand brutal training methods, a leading animals rights activistwho ...