Prehistoric proboscideans were far stranger and more diverse than modern elephants, evolving bizarre tusks, enormous bodies, and feeding adaptations unlike anything alive today. Some species, like ...

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 ...

Field rangers in parts of Africa, who monitor elephant herds, began to notice something unusual. Some of the females in certain herds looked different. Specifically, whereas long ivory tusks normally ...

Exactly how did birds evolve from dinosaurs? It’s a mystery that has been with us for more than 150 years, and palaeontologists are still hunting for pieces of the puzzle today. Among them is the ...