And the first thing that greets many visitors is the museum’s iconic African bush elephant ... 11 tons, the elephant — who is affectionately known by his nickname, Henry — is hard to ...

In 1879 Leopold sent the Welsh-born American journalist Henry Morton Stanley to ... Hannibal’s elephants were not the African bush elephants that the Belgians trained. They were North African ...

In addition to keeping dinosaurs clean, museum specialists also routinely clean Henry, the iconic African bush elephant that resides in the NMNH rotunda. Chip Clark, NMNH The fossils on display ...

There are three species of elephants: the African bush elephant (also known as the African savanna elephant), the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant. In 1930, approximately 10 ...

The experts studied African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) at the Mushara waterhole in Etosha National Park, Namibia, one of the largest national parks in Africa. Although the African bush ...

They're the largest animals walking the Earth and possess a remarkable level of human-like intelligence and emotional awareness. But scientists warn that African elephants – which wander ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium is preparing to say goodbye to one of its elephants. Callee, a 22-year-old male African elephant, will soon join eight others at the ...

Here are eight types of elephant found around the world. The African bush elephant is the largest and heaviest of all elephants, weighing up to 6,000 kg and reaching up to 4 m in height.

was with his family near a reception area in the park Saturday when children with them ran into the bush and were charged by an elephant from a herd nearby, South African National Parks officials ...

National Geographic These elephants are not a genetically distinct species but are instead African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) that have adapted to the arid climate. In this land of ...