Investigators are still searching for what caused the recent deaths of a mother and her calf, but conservationists say the animal’s shrinking habitat may be the first place to look The two elephants ...

When Taylor Guitars acquired an ebony mill in Cameroon to supply wood for their renowned acoustic guitars, owner Bob Taylor wanted to give back by planting new trees, even knowing they could take ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, ...

Naumann's elephant in the Japanese archipelago went extinct about 10,000 years earlier than previously believed, with climate change highly likely playing a significant role, a Japanese research team ...

What is the African elephant? African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are slightly larger than their ...

Elephants are the largest land animals worldwide, used in tourism in several countries, and are often gentle to humans despite their gigantic sizes. However, the elephant population has fallen greatly ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

(CNN) — The world’s smallest elephants are still big. Measuring around nine feet (2.7 meters) tall, Bornean elephants are the smallest subspecies of the Asian elephant, and are two feet (60 ...