The Asian elephant can be found from western India to eastern Borneo in Southeast Asia. A total of three recognized Asian elephant subspecies exist: the indicus, found across mainland Asia, the ...

In many Asian elephant groups, the females don’t grow tusks at all. Some males barely do either. Over time, especially in areas hit hard by poaching, more elephants are showing up tuskless.

The female Asian elephants, however, don’t grow tusks. Imagine eating for 12 to 18 hours of the day. Almost equal to all of the time you are awake! That’s how often elephants eat.

In a study published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the ...

Asian elephants are also under threat, having declined by at least 50% in the last three generations. There are only around 48,000–52,000 individuals left in the wild.

Asian and African elephants, though related, exhibit key differences. African elephants are larger with fan-shaped ears and tusks in both sexes, inhabiting savannas. Asian elephants are smaller ...

Habitats for Asian elephants have decreased by more than 64% across the continent, equating to about 3.3 million square kilometers -- more than 850 million acres -- since the year 1700, according ...

African elephants are the largest land animals on earth and significantly larger than their relatives in Asia, from which they are separated by millions of years of evolution. Nevertheless, Asian ...

Some 400 to 600 Asian elephants are believed to remain living in the wild in Cambodia. Researchers said the study's findings underscore the potential of a "national stronghold" for the species.

The two young male Asian elephants play in the pool at The Harry and Linda Fath Elephant Trek at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Wednesday, June 25. The five-acre habitat offers various ...