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Elephant Genes Hold Cancer-Fighting SecretCancer is less prevalent in elephants than in humans, in part because the giant animals have more copies of a gene that suppresses tumor growth, a new study finds.
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Walk with Elephants: Explore African Sanctuary on Google Street ViewYou don't have to leave home to hang out with one of the world's most beloved tusked mammals.
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Elephant-Size Underwater Blob Mystifies DiversDivers often swim past bizarre creatures of the deep, but an elephant-size, jellylike blob left a group of them mystified.
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Endangered Elephants Could Find Savior in Chinese Chat Sites (Op-Ed)Opinion In China, social media is changing ivory's social status.
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Elephant Contraception? How a Vaccine is Replacing Sharpshooters (Op-Ed)Opinion Instead of sharpshooters, a sterilizing vaccine is now helping bring elephant populations under control.
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Extinct Mega-Rodent Had Teeth Like Elephant TusksThe biggest rodent to ever live had large front teeth that it used the way elephants use their tusks, new research shows.
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Breeding Season: Incredible Photos of Northern Elephant Seals -
Poachers Killed More than 100,000 Elephants in 3 YearsThe insatiable demand for ivory is causing a dramatic decline in the number of African elephants. Poachers are hunting the animal faster than it can reproduce, a new study finds.
