With a maximum height of 18 feet, giraffes are the tallest mammal and animal. The heaviest and second-tallest animal is the ...

Tarra is one of three elephants at Elephant Aid International in Attapulgus, Georgia. The elephant refuge has 850 acres of ...

They can consume up to 300 pounds of food in a single day and spend most of their day foraging for food. Elephant walking in grass. Image by aj-robbie. via Unsplash Elephants are the largest land ...

A look at the strongest, biggest, most numerous, and just weirdest dental situations on the planet.

Polar bears are one of the largest mammals on land; only the African elephant can tower over the polar bear in this corner of ...

Elephant calves form immediate bonds with their mothers. In the beginning, these young animals are essentially helpless and must rely on their mothers completely. When the time is right, a mother will ...

Elephants may attack humans when they feel threatened. To avoid a dangerous elephant encounter, people should keep a proper space between them. What this distance should be varies among animal experts ...

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ShareDeforestation is one of the challenges facing tropical forests in Nigeria. This activity has endangered many wild animal ...

Unlike traditional safari lodges where guests observe animals from a distance, a select few hotels around the world offer rare and close-up interactions with wi ...

While the biggest portion of its share is heading for Magic Kingdom Park, which is receiving two new areas (a Cars Land and a Disney Villains Land), Animal Kingdom is also set to welcome its fair ...

Normally, I would expect to find elephants in Africa or Asia, but Tennessee happens to be home to one of the largest elephant safe-havens in ...