More than 145,000 African forest elephants roam the rainforests of Africa, according to a recent population assessment.

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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 ...

Northern elephant seals are protected by federal law, and disturbing them during fasting and breeding can cause stress, injury, or death.

(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 ...