Have you ever wondered what the world’s largest land animal might be? While some land animals (giraffes) might be taller, and ...

Maputo — Mozambique's National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) on Sunday aborted an attempted sale of four elephant tusks in Mágoè district, in the central province of Tete.

Tusks are continuously growing incisors. Typically, adult elephant teeth comprise 12 premolars, 12 molars, and two tusks. These twin teeth are composed of four layers, the outermost being the ...

"From the general shape of the skull, it's quite apparent that the elephant belonged to Palaeoloxodon, or straight-tusked elephants, among the largest land mammals that ever lived," said Dr ...

Professor Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser standing next to a life-size reconstruction of an adult male European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) in the State Museum of Prehistory in ...