Giraffes are among the world's most recognizable animals. With their elongated necks and long legs, their gracious movements ...

A fossilized elephant skull discovered in northern India’s ... one million years ago before dispersing into Eurasia. Early African forms exhibited a narrow, convex forehead and minimal crest ...

DESCRIPTION: Savannah elephants are the larger of the two African elephant species. They also have thicker, more curved tusks, more triangulated ears, and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant ...

The findings were truly astonishing. It was the most complete fossil elephant skull from India that the researchers had ever seen, and it was massive: 1.37 m tall from the skull roof down to the ...

DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species. They also have straighter, thinner tusks, more rounded ears and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant species ...

Members of the species Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus greatly exceeded the size of modern African elephants ... general shape of the skull, it's quite apparent that the elephant belonged to ...