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 ...

Platybelodon and Deinotherium were once among the most unusual elephant relatives ever to walk the Earth. Fossil evidence reveals striking anatomical features, but scientists continue to debate how ...

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, ...

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 ...

Even under today's climatic conditions, the long-extinct straight-tusked elephant could still live in Europe. This is the conclusion of a recent study by the Sport Ecology research group at the ...

Marking the 30th anniversary of the historic African Elephant Conservation Act, Elephants and Us explores Americans’ relationship with elephants as it has evolved over centuries from one of ...

World News The world’s smallest elephants are facing extinction. One woman has a plan to save them (CNN) — The world’s smallest elephants are still big. Measuring around nine feet (2.7 meters) tall, ...

(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 ...