Madagascar's recently extinct elephant birds, once thought to be active during the day, were actually nocturnal, according to new research.Credit: John Maisano for the University of Texas at Austin ...

Paraceratherium, primarily living in Asia during the Oligocene epoch, has been deemed the largest ever land mammal in the ...

Discover the elephant birds of Madagascar, including the newly classified Vorombe titan, the largest birds ever to roam the Earth. Sesame Street's beloved Big Bird has an official height of ...

An imposing fully-grown male Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus wandering the Kashmir Valley, 400 thousand years ago, towering over a herd of Central Asian red deer traversing by. In the distance, a small band ...

Reconstruction of the Aepyornis at Bioparc, Valencia, Spain. Credit: El fosilmaníaco / Wikimedia Commons They had strong legs, long necks, and small heads in proportion to their bodies. Their wings, ...

BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. Tell them apart by their ears There are three species of ...

Current potential distribution of the straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) in Europe. The colouring represents the probability of occurrence, with grey indicating “very unlikely” and dark ...

There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant. The African savanna elephant and the Asian elephant are listed as ...