Marine biologists at the University of California Santa Cruz have tagged thousands of northern elephant seals with smart ...

When we talk about the strongest creatures on land, the elephant inevitably strides to the top of the list. But what makes the elephant the strongest land mammal? These majestic giants possess an ...

Elephant seals are now key players in ocean research. Fitted with smart sensors, these massive marine mammals are helping ...

Fossil jaw of Missourium theristrocaulodon, an extinct relative of the elephant. Unearthed in 1840 by Albert Koch on the banks of a river in Missouri. The Museum's fossil mammal collection contains an ...

These dwarf mammals are remarkable examples of rapid evolutionary change. For example, some dwarf elephants - such as those that lived on Sicily and Cyprus - were only about one metre tall as adults, ...

The largest land mammal on Earth, elephants embody the African landscape ... On top of this, loss of habitat, human-elephant conflict, and political instability provide significant long-term ...

Rose-Tu, the zoo’s beloved Asian elephant, is 20 months pregnant, meaning the arrival of Portland’s first gray, trunked baby in more than a decade may not be so far away. But will it be a Valentine’s ...

A new study led by UC Santa Cruz marine biologist Roxanne Beltran to be published as the February 14 cover story for Science ...