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Two hippos with hippo calf on riverbed (Hoberman/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Namibia urges elephant and hippo hunting

Matthew Rozsa
Two young male elephants greet the dominant male who invites younger males to accompany and leave with him. (Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell & Tim Rodwell)

Elephant rumbles can be signs of bonding

Matthew Rozsa
View of african desert elephants standing on field against clear sky, Cape Town, South Africa (Getty Images/Brian Durkin/500px)

Scientists decipher elephant "sentences"

Matthew Rozsa
Elephants migrate across great distances in search of suitable seasonal conditions. (Clinton Mwebaze/WCS)

Climate change cooking African elephants

Matthew Rozsa
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African elephant (Loxodonta africana) small group of elephants drinking at a waterhole in Mashatu game reserve, Botswana, Africa. (Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Elephants may have names for each other

Rae Hodge
Elephant and Frog (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Zoo animals react to humans

Matthew Rozsa
An adult elephant sprays water from its trunk after taking a drink in a watering hole. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

For elephants, "family is everything"

Matthew Rozsa
A bumblebee, chimpanzee and humpback whale (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Do animals have social lives?

Matthew Rozsa
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A young elephant from Asia stands near his mother in its enclosure at the Pairi Daiza Zoo in Brugelette, eastern Belgium, on August 15, 2019 (Photo by Philippe HUGUEN / AFP) (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images) (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

What we lose when the elephants go

Milicent Cranor - WhoWhatWhy
Packy, the elephant (AP/John Gress)

Don't think about elephants

Delcianna J. Winders
FILE - In this May 1, 2016 file photo, Asian elephants perform for the final time in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Providence, R.I. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will end "The Greatest Show on Earth" in May 2017, following a 146-year run. Declining attendance combined with high operating costs, along with changing public tastes and prolonged battles with animal rights groups all contributed to its demise. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File) (AP)

Send out the clowns

Tamara Lush
FILE - In this photo taken on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, ringmaster Andre McClain, center, holds his hat to his heart as the national anthem is played during the opening of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, at Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, Tenn. The circus will phase out the show's iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively on Thursday, March 5, 2015 that growing public concern about how the animals are treated led to the decision. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, Mark A. Large) MANDATORY CREDIT (AP)

The circus leaves town forever

AP Staff
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(Credit: Arnold Schwarzenegger)

Arnold needs new pants now

Scott Eric Kaufman
FILE - In this March 19, 2013 file photo, a performer waves as elephants with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey show, pause for a photo opportunity in front of the Capitol in Washington, on their way to the Verizon Center, to promote the show coming to town. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Circus phasing out elephants

Joanna Rothkopf
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Worst places to be an elephant

Joanna Rothkopf
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China's ivory problem

Joanna Rothkopf
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(Comedy Central)

Stewart slams the NRA

Joanna Rothkopf
FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, a Maasai boy and his dog stand near the skeleton of an elephant killed by poachers outside of Arusha, Tanzania. (AP/Jason Straziuso)

Joanna Rothkopf
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Joanna Rothkopf
(Screenshot, Kate Brooks/Kickstarter)

This is how extinction looks

Lindsay Abrams
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Joanna Rothkopf

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Lindsay Abrams
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Lindsay Abrams
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