Elephants
Early humans may have begun eating elephants, large animals 1.8 million years ago - study
The fat stored in Elephant bones, which is rich in essential nutrients, is thought to have played a role in supporting the growth of larger brains in the Homo erectus lineage.
Ancient charcoal found in northern Israel sheds new light on how early humans lived - study
'Fat factories': Neanderthals orchestrated massive elephant kills 125,000 years ago
Elephant bone found at Spanish archaeological site may have marched on Rome with Hannibal - study
Elephant extinction could have major impact on atmospheric carbon levels, researchers say
The possible extinction of these giants found in the wild could have detrimental effects on the environment.
Neanderthals hunted, butchered elephants, study reveals
The evidence comes from the Neumark-Nord 1 site near Halle, Germany, where 3,122 bones, tusks, and teeth have been found.
Elephant-sized asteroid to skim past Earth in close flyby - NASA
Asteroid 2022 XX, a bit larger than an elephant or twice the size of Andre the Giant and Shaq, will pass just 200,000 kilometers away from the Earth.
Botswana investigates elephant deaths near Chobe National Park
Two years after a natural toxin killed 300 elephants, a new spate of elephant deaths has authorities wondering what caused the deaths this time.
First Temple period elephant-tusk ivories unearthed in Jerusalem
What do expensive ivory plaques from the First Temple period in Jerusalem unveil about the people who owned them?
Prehistoric elephant tusk found in kibbutz in southern Israel
The half-a-million-year-old complete tusk was discovered during a two-week excavation project aptly named "Operation Elephant."
Analysis of mastodon tusk reveals first evidence of seasonal migration
Using new isotopic and life-history analyses technology, scientists were able to reconstruct he landscape where the animal roamed during his adolescence and final years of his life.
Meet the elephants living in Israel 500,000 years ago
“Throughout hundreds of thousands of years, people were eating elephants,” Tel Aviv University Prof. Ran Barkai explained. “For this purpose, they developed specific tools.”
500 drunken elephants: The untold Hanukkah story with no Maccabees
A different kind of redemption from Greek tyranny
Animal-rights NGO persuades El Al to stop shipping hunting trophies
LA resident Aaron Raby will no longer be able to use El Al to fly his hunting trophies to the US after the airline joined 40 other carriers in similar ban
