Elephants possess a suite of unique physiological traits and reproductive adaptations that are key to their survival and ecological success. Their complex endocrine systems govern behaviours such as ...

Connie, the Asian elephant who spent decades at the Reid Park Zoo before being moved to San Diego earlier this year, had an “aggressive” type of cancer in her reproductive system, necropsy results ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Reproductive effort is a key parameter of life history because it measures the resources allocated to reproduction at the expense of growth ...

Only a few mammals and some birds are as long-lived as humans, and many of these species share interesting characteristics in how they age. A new paper in Springer's journal Behavioral Ecology and ...

During 1957 through 1964, 146 female African elephants (Loxodonta africana) were collected in Uganda; data were also obtained from 23 pregnant elephants collected in Zambia in 1967. The reproductive ...

Connie, the Asian elephant who spent decades at the Reid Park Zoo before being moved to San Diego earlier this year, had an aggressive type of cancer in her reproductive system, necropsy results show.

BETWEEN 1953 and 1955, I was serving with the Falkland Islands' Dependencies Survey in South Georgia and material was collected from the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina. Histological and ...

Brown, Janine L. and Lehnhardt, J. 1997. "Secretory patterns of serum prolactin in Asian (Elephas maximus) and African (Loxodonta africana) elephants during different reproductive states: Comparison ...

Ambika, one of the oldest Asian elephants in North America, has suffered from recent health problems but seems to be improving, the National Zoo said Thursday. The 59-year-old elephant lost her ...