Misha lived her whole life in zoos, but this elephant’s teeth are now helping scientists reconstruct wildlife migrations.

Teeth recovered from a beloved zoo elephant that died in 2008 are helping University of Utah geologists develop a method for tracking the movements of ...

Poachers kill elephants for their ivory tusks. Hippo teeth are made of the same material but are easier to obtain and are also legal. Sadly, hippos’ teeth are replacing elephant tusks in the ivory ...

Misha was euthanized in 2008 due to declining health. At that time, and with an eye toward advancing isotope research, University of Utah distinguished professor Thure Cerling asked if his team could ...

A recent study has reclassified the species commonly known as the Javan rhinoceros, proposing a more precise scientific name: Eurhinoceros sondaicus. The research highlights key differences in body ...

An adult male’s tusk, which in the elephant’s case are enlarged incisors, can be about 7.7 feet long. Like the baby teeth of humans, elephants start off with miniature tusks that they usually lose ...

Though Tula-Tu was the smallest of Rose’s calves at birth, she is healthy, thriving and, as keeper Steve Lefave said, as he watched her and her mother in Forest Hall, “She came out particularly cute.” ...

The elephant won the first March Mammal Madness in 2013 ... Swapping out slam dunks for survival instincts and buzzer beaters for claws and teeth, March Mammal Madness is a wildly (see what I did ...

Elephants are massive, 12-foot-tall herbivores, while bears are smaller, 5-foot-tall carnivores. They differ in diet, behavior, and size, despite overlapping habitats.

Teeth recovered from a beloved zoo elephant that died in 2008 are helping University of Utah geologists develop a method for ...