The tusks of an African elephant are gently curved and can grow ... Found even farther north than the walrus, the male of ...

Is Sri Lanka becoming a transit point for illegal trade in wildlife? Last week, Sri Lanka Customs uncovered a consignment of 359 African elephant tusks concealed in a container on a ship sailing from ...

DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species. They also have straighter, thinner tusks, more rounded ears and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant species ...

The African elephant is ... males however also use their tusks in battle for a mate. Yet for the female finding a mate is only the beginning - an elephant cow’s pregnancy lasts up to 22 months ...

They have strong tusks that are used to dig for food and strip bark from trees, males also use these tusks when battling each other. However, elephant ... The East African rift features some ...