Suddenly but silently, as if defying the laws of physics, a bull elephant appeared from the bush just metres from our vehicle ...

On a recent visit to a friend in Kohala Ranch, we talked about installing some fire-resistant plant species. A friend of hers had recommended elephant bush (Portulacaria afra), known in the Afrikaans ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...

The San Diego Zoo Monday announced the death of Tembo, a 48-year-old African bush elephant that had lived at the Balboa Park zoo since 1983. According to the zoo, the pachyderm “had been under ...

If you have a pet elephant, it must be expensive keeping your animal well fed. Unless you have a large field of elephant food, that is. Elephant food is the name of a succulent shrub (Portulacaria ...

The elephant is the largest existing land mammal on Earth, weighing anywhere from 4,000 to 10,000 pounds. There are three species of elephants: the African bush elephant (also known as the African ...