African savanna elephants, Loxodonta africana africana, are the largest land animals.They can grow to be 10-13 feet tall, 19-24 feet long, and weigh as much as 15,000 pounds. In the wild, they ...

The African Elephant is the largest land animal on Earth with adult males attaining heights of 11.5 feet (3.5 m) and weighing more than 13,000 pounds (5,000 kg). Their tusks can grow to 8 feet (2. ...

This unit of three sessions imagines life at a typical waterhole in the African bush as animals come and go to drink and wash…and engage in the daily battle for survival. The emphasis is on ...

Adding artificial waterholes has a long history in southern Africa, where water was commonly supplemented to manage animal densities year-round and provide wildlife viewing opportunities for tourists.

The opposite is also true. In the 19th century, European cattle brought rinderpest—a virus that’s nearly always fatal to hoofed animals—to Africa, and it caused buffalo numbers to crash ...

Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication ... domestication of other African wild game. Rhinos, at over 5 tons in weight and immensely ...