Elephants

Prehistoric people in Eurasia, North America specifically hunted female mammoths, new study shows

The study used genetic data from bones accumulated by people at 11 sites in Poland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Russia.

FILE PHOTO: A life-size replica of a woolly mammoth on display at the American Museum of Natural History's exhibition "The Secret World of Elephants" in Manhattan, New York City, US, November 8, 2023.
Paige the elephant at Texas Republican party’s annual convention, June 12, 2026.

Bad 'Pee-R': Elephant in the room urinates on Republican convention floor, sparking condemnations

Thai ambassador to Israel, Boonyarit Vichienpuntu, in front of the elephants at Jerusalem’s Tisch Family Zoological Gardens. June 4, 2026.

Elephant diplomacy: Ambassador marks mark 72 years of Thai-Israeli relations with zoo visit

Illustration: The skull of an asian elephant.

Early humans may have begun eating elephants, large animals 1.8 million years ago - study


6 million-year-old 'elephant graveyard' unearthed in Florida

The paleontologists uncovered the full skeletons of at least one adult and seven infant gomphotheres.

 Forest elephant, Loxodonta africana cyclotis, is an endangered species.

Woman finds ancient mastodon tooth on beach

The tooth belonged to a Pacific mastodon, a creature that went extinct over 10,000 years ago

 Pacific mastodon tooth

Study claims elephants are self-domesticated, experts disagree

Elephants may be the only species next to humans, and possibly bonobo apes, to have domesticated themselves - this is the bold claim a recent study makes.

 An African elephant.

Elephant extinction could have major impact on atmospheric carbon levels, researchers say

The possible extinction of these giants found in the wild could have detrimental effects on the environment.

 A wild elephant walks along the Trincomalee road in Habarana, Sri Lanka

Neanderthals hunted, butchered elephants, study reveals

The evidence comes from the Neumark-Nord 1 site near Halle, Germany, where 3,122 bones, tusks, and teeth have been found.

A life-sized reconstruction of an adult male straight-tusked elephant (P. antiquus), in the Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte, Halle, Germany.

Elephant-sized asteroid to skim past Earth in close flyby - NASA

Asteroid 2022 XX, a bit larger than an elephant or twice the size of Andre the Giant and Shaq, will pass just 200,000 kilometers away from the Earth.

 An asteroid is seen near the Earth in this artisitc illustration.

Botswana investigates elephant deaths near Chobe National Park

Two years after a natural toxin killed 300 elephants, a new spate of elephant deaths has authorities wondering what caused the deaths this time.

 A combination photo shows dead elephants in Okavango Delta, Botswana May-June, 2020.

First Temple period elephant-tusk ivories unearthed in Jerusalem 

What do expensive ivory plaques from the First Temple period in Jerusalem unveil about the people who owned them?

 Piece of ivory that was burned in the destruction of the First Temple.

Prehistoric elephant tusk found in kibbutz in southern Israel

The half-a-million-year-old complete tusk was discovered during a two-week excavation project aptly named "Operation Elephant."

 The elephant tusk found near kibbutz Revadim, Israel's South in August 2022

Analysis of mastodon tusk reveals first evidence of seasonal migration

Using new isotopic and life-history analyses technology, scientists were able to reconstruct he landscape where the animal roamed during his adolescence and final years of his life.

 University of Michigan paleontologist and study co-leader Daniel Fisher participated in the Buesching mastodon excavation 24 years ago. He later used a bandsaw to cut a thin, lengthwise slab from the center of the animal’s banana-shaped, 9½-foot right tusk.