Asia’s oldest elephant has died at the astonishing age of over 100. While elephants are known for their long lifespans, it's exceptionally rare, practically unknown, for an Asian elephant to surpass a ...

In Mozambique, researchers are racing to understand the genetics of elephants born without tusks—and the consequences of the trait.

Scientists identified the genes that played a role in many female elephants of Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park being born without tusks.

The elephants likely adapted to survive being hunted for their tusks, a new study published Thursday by the journal Science found.

Poaching likely created a generation of tuskless elephants, scientists say Scientist are looking to see if poaching has altered the genetics of the herd.

New findings suggest that, as a result of widespread poaching, elephants have evolved to not have tusks.

Tusks are one of the most notable features of elephants, among their size and trunks. However, some elephants do not have tusks, and a high proportion of these elephants are females. Why do some ...

Researchers have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks.

Female elephants without any tusks became much more common after intense poaching slashed the elephant population in Mozambique.

Ivory poaching has led to a "rapid evolution" of tuskless African elephants, as elephants without tusks were far more likely to survive during the height of the ivory trade, according to new ...

So far the tuskless population is healthy and seems to be thriving. Researchers, including Long, are starting to monitor elephants with and without tusks for a comparison study over the coming months.

Tuskless elephants may evolve new problems Human activity has affected elephants so much that a change in their genome has now become apparent, but being born tuskless is proving to be fatal for ...