Unlike most mammals, elephants don’t sweat. 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.

African elephants actually include two species: the African savanna elephant and the African forest elephant. The African savanna elephant lives on the savanna and grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa ...

That’s when the man stepped in to protect the kids ... South African National Parks said in a press release on Monday. Park officials said they could not identify the elephant involved in ...

African elephants are the largest mammals that ... Forget what you’ve seen in pretty much every cartoon containing an elephant - they don’t actually eat peanuts, and we don’t really know ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The intricate web of cracks and crevices that gives African elephants their distinctive look is, in fact, an essential ...

An elderly tourist died Saturday after being trampled by an elephant in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. South African National Parks announced the incident via social media but provided few ...

African savannah elephants, the biggest land animals on the planet, are socially advanced and highly intelligent mammals. Image by O’Connell’s & Rodwell. A dive into the male elephant society ...