The National Museum of Natural History recently spruced up its iconic African elephant mount, which has greeted visitors ...

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The bone from a palaeoloxodon - an extinct animal also known as a straight-tusked elephant which is believed to be the largest ever land mammal – is now on display in Chatteris Museum ...

An ancient animal bone discovered in a quarry about 20 years ago has been donated to a museum. The bone from a palaeoloxodon - an extinct animal also known as a straight-tusked elephant which is ...

Myanmar’s military-run government had sent six elephants to Russia in January to mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The gift coincided with Russia's ...

Thus the Age of Empire yielded yet another “determined man with an injured ego”, as Sophy Roberts puts it in her absorbing new book, A Training School for Elephants. That injury made an ...

The Field Museum is showcasing Africa’s colorful world of high fashion in a new exhibit aptly titled “Africa Fashion,” celebrating the continent’s layered history of style and creativity. Photography, ...

Genetically engineered woolly mice could one day help populate the Arctic with hairy, genetically modified elephants and help stop the planet warming. Those are the startling claims being made by ...

It flaps its ears and squirts water from a waving trunk, but this elephant is a life-size mechanical replica rolled out to replace the endangered animals in India's Hindu temples. Made of ...