Distribution of African lions (Panthera leo) and African elephants (Loxodonta africana and Loxodonta cyclotis), and regional contribution to their conservation. Credit: Di Minin et al. Read more ...

African elephants are still being killed by the thousands each year for their ivory tusks to make trinkets and tchotchkes, even though international ivory trafficking has been illegal since 1990 ...

The "African elephant" is actually two species, as evolutionarily different as lions and tigers are from one another.

Aside from humans, lions are the only predators powerful enough to kill an elephant. The males, being 50% heavier than the females, are especially suited to the task.

Elephant and lion heads belong on those animals, not on some trophy hunter’s wall African elephants at play at the Masai Mara game reserve in Kenya.

NELSPRUIT, South Africa -- A suspected poacher was killed by an elephant in a South African game reserve before his remains were eaten by a pack of lions, according to investigators.

African elephants are massive creatures, growing anywhere from 7 to 12 feet tall and weighing from 6,000 to 12,000 pounds. Even the fiercest lion would think twice before taking on an animal that ...