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Baby animals share many similarities with human babies. Baby chimpanzees will cry when their needs aren't being met. All babies love to cuddle up with their moms and look to them for protection. And ...

This adorable, sweet soul had rarely strayed from mom’s side — until now. Three-year-old little elephant, Roi-Yim, is ...

The youngest elephant at Australia’s Werribee Open Range Zoo took his first big steps toward adulthood as his tiny tusks ...

Odisha: The operation was launched after officials received a tip-off about an illegal plan to sell ivory near the Fagu ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 – DNA testing on seized ivory shipments that reveals family ties among African elephants killed for their tusks is helping to identify poaching areas and trafficking networks at the ...

WASHINGTON - As few as three major criminal groups are responsible for smuggling the vast majority of elephant ivory tusks out of Africa, according to a new study. Researchers used analysis of DNA ...

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 ...

When poaching amplifies the effect of higher hunting quotas, it is bad news for the future of Botswana’s elephant population ...

ADDO, South Africa — Through the narrow slit of the underground hide in front of the water hole, an African morning revealed itself. The sun painted the earth orange. A lion stepped out of the bush ...