In Gorongosa in the 1970s, 18.5% of female elephants didn't have tusks. Now that number is 51%. Analysis from the study revealed that tuskless elephants are five times more likely to survive.

Having no tusks doesn’t appear to significantly hinder the female elephants, but this is something researchers want to study further. He said dietary analysis suggested that females without ...

In most African elephant populations, as few as 2 percent of the cows lack tusks. But among Addo’s 300-odd females, the rate is 90 percent to 95 percent, a trait that has evolved rapidly over ...

In some areas 98 per cent of female elephants now have no tusks, researchers have said, compared to between two and six per cent born tuskless on average in the past.

In some areas 98 per cent of female elephants now have no tusks, researchers have said, compared to between two and six per cent born tuskless on average in the past.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A hefty set of tusks is usually an advantage for elephants, allowing them to dig for water, strip bark for food and joust with other elephants. But during episodes of intense ...

While an elephant’s tusks are among its defining features and tools for living, But an increasing proportion of female elephants in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park have been born without ...

ADDO, South Africa — Through the narrow slit of the underground hide in front of the water hole, an African morning revealed itself. The sun painted the earth orange. A lion stepped out of the ...

They found that the females with no tusks had a genetic variation in a very specific region of the X-chromosome, which plays a role in tusk development. “Females have 2 X chromosomes.

Having no tusks doesn’t appear to significantly hinder the female elephants, but this is something researchers want to study further. He said dietary analysis suggested that females without ...

An elephant’s tusks are among its defining features — they help the animal lift heavy branches, topple trees, strip bark, fight, and dig holes for water and minerals. But an increasing ...