Focus: Studying the fossil origins of the Asian elephant, and the status of living subspecies such as the Borneo elephant. Museum researchers are studying the morphology of Borneo elephants, an ...

Genetic research has raised the possibility that the two classic forms of elephant in Africa are separate species rather than subspecies of Loxodonta africana. Museum research has uncovered ...

As the largest land mammal on the planet, it is no secret that African elephants are massive animals. Reaching between 10 and 13 feet tall and weighing between 2 and 8 tons, these creatures are ...

The Elephant Fayre attracted 30,000 people in 1983, but was shut down a few years later after looting, violence and heavy drug use. It returned as the Port Eliot Literary Festival in the 2000s A ...