Twenty years ago, scientists found a three-foot skeleton on a tropical island. Where this human species fits in our evolutionary story and why they disappeared remains a mystery.
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A train carrying thousands of gallons of fuel hit a herd of wild elephants in northeast Sri Lanka, killing two of the giant mammals and injuring one other as two of its tankers got derailed ...
Your support makes all the difference. A court in America is being asked to decide if elephants are considered to be the same as people in a ruling on the animals’ freedom. Missy, Kimba ...
Chaimu the elephant returned to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Ithumba Reintegration Centre to share the special moment with her former caretakers Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.