A baby "desert elephant" has been filmed learning how to use mud as "sunscreen" following rare rainfall in the harsh climate of its typically arid home. The clip shows a group of desert elephants in ...

A new, tiny species of elephant shrew, also called a round-eared sengi, has been discovered in the Namib Desert in Africa, scientists say. The newbie, now called Macroscelides micus, is the smallest ...

National Geographic’s newly released four-part docuseries, Secrets of the Elephants, streaming on Disney+, takes an in-depth look at the complex behaviors of elephants living in southern Asia and in ...

Fresh dung. Tracks in the sand of the Namib desert. The black rhinoceros can't be far away. Wildlife rangers Stefanus Ganuseb, 42, and Fritz Hoeb, 45, are patrolling on foot, equipped with binoculars ...

Why am I always disappointed by the elephant shrew? In Michael Chritons Jurassic Park (book not movie) John Hammond ran around proving his ability to manipulate genetic material by showing investors a ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of round-eared sengi, or elephant-shrew, in the remote deserts of southwestern Africa. This is the third new species of sengi to be discovered in the wild in ...

The newfound sengi, or elephant shrew, named Macroscelides micus, sports a redder pelage than other sengi, possibly to blend in with the red soil in the ancient volcanic formation where it lives in ...