The tapir, the biggest land mammal in South America, has been spotted in Brazil's Costa Verde region 100 years after its last ...

The tapir, the largest land mammal in South America, has been spotted in a forest in the Costa Verde region of Brazil, more than a 100 years after its last confirmed sighting in that region. The last ...

The African bush elephant is one of the heaviest land animals with adult male weighing up to 11 tonnes, and adult females can weigh up to 5.4 tonnes ...

Some mammals found in Britain such as squirrels scramble around the forests. Others stand tall with giant antlers like the red deer, Britain’s largest land mammal. Perhaps you’ve seen ponies ...

By contrast, dinosaurs always held up their own weight.' African savanna elephants, Loxodonta africana, are the largest land animals alive today. Most weigh five to seven tonnes. The biggest ...

The largest land mammal on Earth, elephants embody the African landscape. Using seasonal cues and their long-term memories, these hulking creatures travel vast distances in close-knit herds to find ...