Asia and Africa — where the elephants live. Separate species, the Asian and African elephants are unalike in many ways. One of the most pronounced differences is their coloration. African elephants […]
Elephant Update — Asia and Africa
Super Tusker: Is All Well for Boswell?
Meet Boswell. Boswell is a relatively famous elephant who lives in Zimbabwe. His primary notoriety is for standing on his hind legs to fetch juicy leaves and branches that others cannot reach. […]
Eye on Elephants
Did you know? Elephants have relatively small eyes for an animal of their size. Their eyes’ position on the sides of their massive heads produces better peripheral than binocular vision. Elephants rely […]
Mourning in Kenya
I am packing for my annual visitation to elephant country. Thirty years have passed since my first visit to Africa. . .to Kenya, a place so filled with wildlife and beauty that […]
A Crushing Experience
Watching — and listening to — a full-grown, adult elephant walk by is an incredible experience. At five to six tons, an elephant makes almost no noise when strolling across open territory […]
Crooked Tusks
Tusks are teeth. Elephants and their ancestors developed these elongated incisors for a variety of reasons, from digging dirt for salt and water and pealing bark for food to establishing themselves as […]
Elephant Voices
An elephant that speaks Korean? The New York Times reports (click here) there is a young male elephant (at the Everland Zoo in South Korea) that can speak Korean by putting his […]
Elephant Ears
Did you know that an African elephant’s ears are up to 1/6 the size of their entire body surface? No wonder that their ears, along with their amazing trunk, are their signature […]
