Analysis - Seeing elephants in the wild is a timelessly awe-inspiring experience. There are only three living species today: the African savannah elephant, African forest elephant, and Asian elephant.

These teeth had rounded cusps aligned in pairs, versatile for chewing up a wide range of plant food in the primeval forests and thickets they inhabited. But they were ill-suited for tackling large ...

This dinosaur’s skull was light as air but its mouth was packed with power—and a unique ability to quickly grow teeth. Here’s ...

Elephant teeth: How they evolved to cope with climate change-driven dietary shifts. Modern elephants’ diets consist of copious amounts of tough, fibrous, often low-quality fodder.

There are only three living species today: the African savannah elephant, Afr Seeing elephants in the wild is a timelessly awe-inspiring experience. Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT ...

One way to track the evolution of these animals is with their teeth. They preserve very easily as fossils, allowing scientists to track changes in their diet over millions of years. ‘Modern elephant ...

THE Proboscidea are such very large animals that their fossil bones and teeth attracted attention in the far distant past, but only in 1698 did W. E. Tentzelius prove that giant bones found in a ...

For Weird Animal Question of the Week, we’re sinking our teeth into two reader queries about animal choppers. First we have six-year-old Henry from Denver, Colorado, who asked: “Since gorillas ...