This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The intricate web of cracks and crevices that gives African elephants their distinctive look is, in fact, an essential ...

African elephants are a matriarchal species. Dominant females lead, but the entire group is responsible for bringing up offspring. They form strong familial bonds, often living in the same groups ...

This story appears in the September 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine ... A 1979 survey of African elephants estimated a population of about 1.3 million. About 500,000 remain.

Explore a country-by-country look at the population status of the African savanna elephant ... the savanna elephant population in Zakouma National Park has been stable since 2010.

Heavyweight Champ: Weighing in at some 7 tons, the African elephant takes the prize for ... up close while on safari in Africa with National Geographic Expeditions. Sign up to receive the latest ...

African elephants grow to be 13 feet tall and can weigh up to 15,432 pounds, according to National Geographic. Elephant ...

This story appears in the August 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The royalty of India—Hindu and Muslim—understood long ago that power was best wielded from the back of an elephant.

This story appears in the May 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... though the existence of close living relatives, the African and Asian elephants, helps. The Penn State team used ...

African wild dogs were lost entirely ... Dominique Gonçalves, a young Mozambican ecologist and National Geographic fellow, runs Gorongosa’s elephant program. The park’s scientists and ...