Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are an iconic species of the Southern Ocean. But with rapid environmental changes ...

BREEDING: The breeding strategies for forest and savannah elephants are assumed to be mostly the same. Reproductive rates for both species are considered one of the slowest and most energy-intensive.

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): In a delightful story of expanding elephant families, E Keo, mother to Noel, stands at the centre of a pioneering breeding programme. Last June ...

Sediment samples from the Ross Sea coastline are revealing insights into how animals like elephant seals and Adélie penguins ...

Every winter, tens of thousands of elephant seals return to beaches along the California coast. Northern elephant seals were nearly extinct not too long ago, and ecologists have been tracking their ...

"This has been a successful breeding program, and today we have four generations of elephants here, with the youngest 18 months old and the oldest 70 years," he told AFP. The orphanage recorded ...

A US biotech company has genetically modified mice to have traits from the extinct woolly mammoth. Researchers at Colossal ...

though it’s likely he’ll eventually say goodbye to Portland in lieu of somewhere with more female elephants and opportunities to breed, said Steve Lefave, the zoo’s elephant curator.

Rhythmic clicks, grunts and roars fill the Año Nuevo Island Reserve in California, home to a large breeding colony of ...

New ancient DNA research on Adélie penguin poo in Antarctica shows how several species respond to environmental change over ...