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Researchers identified mutations in genes that may be involved in fat regulation, fur growth, and morphology.

The Kenyan fossil finder is known for his discoveries of various Stone Age artifacts and ancient human skulls and skeletons.

Tests point to a toxic algal bloom that might have led to the unprecedented deaths of hundreds of African elephants in Botswana earlier this year, but the evidence isn’t conclusive.

Male Asian elephants are forming long-term, all-male groups to forage in agricultural areas of India.

Researchers use thermal cameras to count orangutans in Malaysian Borneo.

Animals’ tails swat away insects using both wind and whack.

Micrometer-scale fractures in elephant skin results from the way the epidermis grows.

DNA damage kick-starts what was once a defunct duplicated gene, which kills off injured cells.

A pair of calves was born about eight months ago in Tanzania’s Tarangire National Park.

Gene flow between elephant species was a common feature of their evolutionary history.

Conflict threatens already at-risk wildlife populations and conservation efforts in war-torn areas.

Conservationists declare victory as the country agrees to crack down on domestic ivory sales, which have contributed to the near-extinction of elephant species.

Researchers discover diverse communities of invertebrates inhabiting the water-filled tracks of elephants in Uganda.

At least seven species of herpesvirus commonly infect elephants. At zoos, keepers scramble to save calves, who are particularly vulnerable to the viruses.

Researchers at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., are studying a viral infection that can be lethal to elephant calves.

Elephants are able to tell human voices apart based on cues for age, sex, and ethnic group.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Researchers demonstrate that elephants can use human pointing cues to find hidden food.

Researchers are learning how species from across the animal kingdom use seismic signals to mate, hunt, solve territorial disputes, and much more.