What is the African elephant? African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth ... to varying degrees in all the countries of their geographic range. They’re also protected under ...

Slaughtered animals, on the other hand, have commercial value as food, jewelry, decor, or traditional medicine. The ivory tusks of African ... wildlife crime at National Geographic's Wildlife ...

Elephants have long been thought of as either African or Asian ... Gobush says. (See National Geographic’s stunning elephant pictures.) Bureaucratically, the two species have mostly continued ...

and savannas—as well as the people who are racing to save the animals. One of those people is ethologist Joyce Poole, a leading expert on African elephant behavior. The National Geographic ...

This medium-size wildcat roams the savannas, deserts, and forests of much of Africa and parts of the Middle ... use the abandoned burrow of another animal, like an aardvark, as a birthing den.

Joel Sartore's latest book, "National Geographic Photo Ark: Babies," captures the animal kingdom's most curious ... way to move the species upstream. African savanna elephantsLoxodonta africana ...

The secret seems to be that kids naturally relate to animals. “Humans are complex, so their behaviors can have many layers,” says psychologist Hilary Kratz of La Salle University.