Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that ...

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It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like ...

(Steve Stringer Photography/Moment/Getty Images) Which footprint is bigger? An elephant's or a human's? It depends on how you ...

The grudging release of previously undisclosed mortality data from the Kruger National Park offers a rare glimpse into how ...

According to Tara Easter, writing for the organization, the move to place both species under the protection of the Endangered Species Act would close a regulatory loophole in controlling the illegal ...

A pair of paleobiologists at the University of Fribourg and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, in Switzerland, working with a colleague from Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, in Spain, has found ...

An elephant not seen for several years was captured on camera walking through a national park in Senegal The "Ghost Elephant," named Ousmane, was considered to be one of five to 10 elephants left at ...

In 2013, University of Michigan researcher Bill Sanders was invited to the Arabian Peninsula by an international team studying fossils and fossil sites in Abu Dhabi. Sanders, a paleontologist, has ...

An Asian elephant at the Saint Louis Zoo died after her herd was agitated by a loose dog Tuesday. The 27-year-old female Rani (pronounced "Ronnie") unexpectedly passed away at approximately 4 p.m. on ...

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 ...