Musth, a time of heightened testosterone levels and aggression in male elephants related to reproduction, has now been identified in woolly mammoth tusks. Remarkably, this is the first time ...

But both male animals experienced big fluctuations of the hormone: The analysis of the African elephant’s tusk showed its testosterone levels increased to 20 times higher than normal during musth.

Elephant musth is a periodic condition in male elephants characterised by heightened testosterone levels, increased aggression, and the secretion of a thick, pungent fluid from their temporal glands.

An African bull elephant tusk was used in the study to compare with mammoth tusks. University of Michigan A tusk from a female mammoth that lived between 5,597 and 5,885 years ago on Wrangel Islan ...

Nipho, a 12-year-old male African elephant, was enjoying the rain at the San Diego Zoo Published February 7, 2024 • Updated on February 8, 2024 at 12:15 am ...

While most San Diegans may be saying "rain, rain, go away," at least one resident thinks it's the perfect time to play. Nipho, a 12-year-old male African elephant who lives at the San Diego Zoo ...

I woke up in the research tower to a soft exhale and then a trickle of water at the waterhole below. The full moon hung low and dim in the west. I squinted at my watch. It was 4 A.M. I wondered ...

But Shankar was not always an aggressive elephant who had to be sedated and chained. In fact, as HT reported on July 12, visitors to the Delhi zoo since the turn of the millennium till as recently ...

Tonka, the largest male African elephant in the U.S., died at the age of 46 at Zoo Knoxville, his caregivers said. Screengrab from Zoo Knoxville's Facebook post Weighing in at 15,000 pounds, Tonka ...

According to zoo officials, Titan, a 16-year-old adult male African elephant, arrived in Atlanta on Wednesday. Titan, who the zoo says weighs more than 8,000 pounds, was born in Eswatini, an ...

Traces of ancient hormones were detected in the tusks of a woolly mammoth that lived more than 33,000 years ago, revealing that the now-extinct creatures had episodes of raging testosterone.

Tonka, the largest male African elephant in the U.S., died at the age of 46 at Zoo Knoxville, his caregivers said. Screengrab from Zoo Knoxville's Facebook post Weighing in at 15,000 pounds, Tonka ...