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The video examines two extinct elephant relatives whose anatomy remains difficult to interpret. Platybelodon and Deinotherium display tusk structures unlike anything seen in living elephants.

Platybelodon and Deinotherium were once among the most unusual elephant relatives ever to walk the Earth. Fossil evidence reveals striking anatomical features, but scientists continue to debate how ...

With African elephants endangered, a UCLA-led study says their decline could ripple from the rainforest to the concert stage—revealing a critical link between the threatened species and pianos and ...

The company that brought back the dire wolf is launching a new biovault to store the genomes of the most at-risk species.

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World News The world’s smallest elephants are facing extinction. One woman has a plan to save them (CNN) — The world’s smallest elephants are still big. Measuring around nine feet (2.7 meters) tall, ...

(CNN) — The world’s smallest elephants are still big. Measuring around nine feet (2.7 meters) tall, Bornean elephants are the smallest subspecies of the Asian elephant, and are two feet (60 ...