Tonka, the largest male African elephant in the U.S., died at the age of 46 at Zoo Knoxville, his caregivers said. Screengrab from Zoo Knoxville's Facebook post Weighing in at 15,000 pounds, Tonka was ...
BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or ...
As the popular saying goes, “An elephant never forgets — or does it? Elephants are intelligent mammals that can recall faces ...
Tonka, the last remaining African elephant at Zoo Knoxville, has died. The 46-year-old elephant was “humanely euthanized” May 8, according to the zoo. Tonka had been at Zoo Knoxville for 43 years and ...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) recently broke up an alleged illegal poaching front in Los Angeles ...
(Reuters) - African elephants are Earth's largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. They also are in peril. Fresh evidence of this comes in a study that ...