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 ...

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 ...