From their floppy ears to their giant trunks and massive size, there’s a lot that stands out about the elephant. Elephant tusks are both a valuable tool and a potential liability for these gentle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newborn elephants are similar to human babies in that they often chew and suck on random objects, like other elephants’ tusks.

Tusks are one of the most notable features of elephants, among their size and trunks. However, some elephants do not have tusks, and a high proportion of these elephants are females. Why do some ...

A baby elephant will shed its tushes (or ‘baby tusks’) the same way! Baby elephants aren’t born with any tusk-like anatomy at all; at around 6–12 months of age, temporary tusks called tushes erupt, ...

African elephants range throughout the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa and the rainforests of Central and West Africa. The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks. The research was published ...

Look ma, my first tooth! A young elephant has delighted zoo staff by sprouting tiny tusks. Small jumbo Roi-Yim lives at Werribee Open Range Zoo in Australia, where he has spent his early life ...

It took a crew of veterinarians and a dentist nearly five hours Saturday to remove an elephant's infected tusk at the Oregon Zoo -- and they're still not quite finished. Using a chainsaw, hand saws ...