(NEW YORK) — Ivory poaching has led to a “rapid evolution” of tuskless African elephants, as elephants without tusks were far more likely to survive during the height of the ivory trade, according to ...

image: Two elephants greeting each other with gentle touch at the Addo Elephant National Park in south Africa. Elephants are highly social creatures, and have been documented to engage in many ...

A new paper makes the case that elephants have evolved to become generally social and friendly all on their own, much like humans and bonobos. Reading time 3 minutes A group of scientists is making a ...

The largest land mammal of our time has an evolutionary story at least 60 million years in the making. On Monday, a new exhibit revealing the ‘secret lives’ of the trunked giants will open at New York ...

More than a dozen Bornean elephants have been killed — including five beheaded — in Malaysia in the past 18 months, the authorities say.

Humans have complex social behavior, diverse communication skills, and a capacity for highly developed tool use. Researchers argue that human evolution may resemble the process of animal domestication ...