Today, sloths are slow-moving, tree-dwelling creatures that live in Central and South America and can grow up to 2.5 feet long. Thousands of years ago, however, some sloths walked along the ground, ...

Giant sloths with razor-sharp claws and as large as Asian bull elephants once roamed the Earth ... interested in how sloths got their size, they estimated their weights by taking fossil measurements.

Zimbabwe has announced that dozens of its elephants will be killed to control the population size and the meat from the carcasses will be distributed to people.

A camera trap in Niokolo-Koba National Park captured rare video of what might be the last remaining elephant in Senegal.

The Great Elephant Migration started their journey across the United States in 2024 in Rhode Island, moving around the United States before ending their journey in Los Angeles next month.

For the record: 12:25 p.m. May 21, 2025An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the size of the elephant enclosure at the Tulsa Zoo. It is about 17 acres. The L.A. Zoo estimated the ...

The fact that these findings on the size of elephant brains are new is explained by the challenging acquisition of the objects of investigation: Extracting elephant brains from the skulls of ...

The fact that these findings on the size of elephant brains are new is explained by the challenging acquisition of the objects of investigation: Extracting elephant brains from the skulls of ...