Importantly, despite compelling genetic research concluding that two species of African elephants exist — forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) and savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) — Africa's ...

The forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of two living African elephant species, the other being the savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana). Historically, forest elephants thrived in the dense ...

They also often recognize fellow elephants that they have not encountered for a long time. But does their excellent long-term social memory also extend to members of other species? "There are ...

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 ...

but elephants of ancient times are also natural wonders that extend the focus of current research back millions of years.

Savanna elephants are also endangered. And "declines over decades" have driven the species into the two highest categories of extinction threat. African elephants were previously assessed as one ...

It also examines why an understanding of ... On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Murray, London, 1859. de Queiroz, K. Ernst Mayr and the modern concept of species.

All viewers of this document can see this public note. This is the most explicit and concise description and definition of natural selection in On the Origin of Species. Darwin’s view here is ...

An animal rights group is trying to release Colorado zoo elephants from what they say is essentially a prison.

Sep. 23, 2024 — Researchers working in Finland propose that the unique light environment of the Earth's Polar regions creates conditions that result in circumpolar hybrid zones around the North ...

Charles Darwin proposed that all living species were derived ... Reeve, H. K. Why do females mate with multiple males? The sexually selected sperm hypothesis. Advanced Studies in Behavior, 24 ...