elephants

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Without them, the zoo no longer met Assn. of Zoos and Aquariums standards requiring accredited zoos to have at least three Asian elephants.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The Brazilian Uberabatitan and the Argentine Neuquensaurus were roughly the size of modern elephants.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

"In Wayanad, going into the plantation at night is risky. We have snakes, wild boars, sometimes even leopards and elephants," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Naturalist Stephen Boyes believes massive elephants live undetected on a remote plateau in Angola; they’d be descendants of a giant pachyderm hunted and killed 70 years ago that now resides in the Smithsonian.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

She smiles sadly with her eyes, just a little, the way only elephants can do.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate