A wild elephant responsible for the death of a coffee grower was captured in Kodagu, India. The operation involved trained elephants and personnel chasing the tusker for nine kilometers. Locals had ...

With tusks that each weigh over 100 pounds (45 kilograms) and often scrape the ground, “super tuskers” are elephants that live up to their name. This rare trait is the result of a genetic variation ...

One of Africa’s last remaining “Super Tuskers” has passed away. Officials from the Amboseli National Park reported that Craig, a longtime resident of the protected area in southern Kenya, died of ...

One of Amboseli's tusker elephants that would perhaps be a super-tusker were it not for the broken right tusk. A very relaxed ...

NAIROBI, Kenya(AP) — Kenyans are mourning the death of a beloved “super tusker” elephant whose long life in the wild came to symbolize the country's increasingly successful efforts to protect the ...

Oh wow, I love these photographs of “big tusker” elephants by Johan Siggesson. I didn’t even know big tuskers were a thing — and they may not be for much longer: ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyans are mourning the death of a beloved “super tusker” elephant whose long life in the wild came to symbolize the country’s increasingly successful efforts to protect the ...