Elephant

Elephants have been popular as fictional characters in all forms of media, especially in children’s television and literature. It is not hard to see why Elephants are so loved by writers…

How much does an Elephant weigh? Elephants, the world’s largest land mammals, can be split into two different genera, separating Asian and African Elephants. The genus Elaphas corresponds to Asian Elephants and includes four different subspecies. The genus Loxodonta includes two different African Elephant species. Since the different species are adapted to different environmental conditions, […]

The concept of International Day for Elephants was first introduced by Michael Clark and Patricia Simms of CanazWest, Canada and Sivaporn Dardarananda of the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation in 2011. Officially, World Elephant Day was launched on August 12, 2012.  The film, “Return to the Forest,” was released on this day. In the film, William Shatner […]

Elephants are the largest living animals on land. The three known species are the African bush elephant, the African Forest elephant and the Asian elephant. The African bush elephants are by far the largest, growing up to 3.36 m tall and weighing up to 6,914 kg.  The African elephants are quite distinct in appearance from […]

1916– the year an elephant was arrested for murdering people. Not only was she “arrested” but she was hung from an enormous crane until she was pronounced dead. Mary, an Asian Elephant,  was born in 1894. Her story begins with Charlie Sparks, who was owner of Sparks World Famous Shows. Sparks’ father had purchased Mary […]

Baby elephants are definitely the cutest animals in the world! Check out our curated gallery of cute baby elephant pictures…

It is estimated that there were once more than 350 species of elephants in the world. Today we only have two of them left – the Asian and the Africa species.

The social structure of the elephant is quite complex compared to that of most other animals out there.

The relationship between humans and elephants has had its ups and downs. Some people are out to destroy them, thinking that hunting of these massive animals is the ultimate thrill.