African elephants are the largest mammals walking the Earth, yet they only have four teeth. As you might expect, though, their teeth are tremendous. Each tooth of an adult elephant is about the size ...
The teeth of most mammals, including humans, are only replaced once in a lifetime, when the milk teeth give way to the permanent teeth. This one change is enough to adapt to the increasing size of the ...
A new study shows that the cheek teeth of proboscideans (elephants and their ancient relatives) evolved in response to dietary changes due to vegetation changes and climate change in East Africa ...
Pretoria - The ivory trade by early pioneers decimated South Africa's elephants and by 1900 few big tuskers survived. But Dr Ian White of the Kruger National Park says the park is still home to a ...
(NEW YORK) — A team of wildlife experts spotted a rare pygmy elephant with “saber-tooth”-like tusks in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island, according to the Sabah Wildlife Department. The ...
When human settlements and wildlife bump into each other it can cause big problems, so scientists are working on an ...
The weight of elephants living in zoos fluctuates over the course of their adult lives in cycles lasting around a hundred months, researchers have found. The fluctuation is linked to the particular ...
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