This book discusses elephants, their physiology, behavior, evolution, relatives, uses by humans, and conservation.

"Use your reading superpowers to learn all about one of the world's favorite animals, the elephant. Children will love to find out about a young volunteer's time with the elephants in India and Africa, and the things he learns about these much-loved animals."

Provides information on the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitats of elephant species.

Presents information about elephants and how they demonstrate intelligence by communicating with one another, teaching their young, expressing their emotions, and mourning their dead.

"This companion to the National Geographic television series reveals the fascinating lives of elephants"--

Drawing on accounts from India to Africa and California to Tennessee, and on research in neuroscience, psychology, and animal behaviour, G. A. Bradshaw explores the minds, emotions, and lives of elephants. He argues that a breakdown of ancient elephant cultures has resulted from exposure to violent trauma and urges readers to support elephant recovery.

Amazing photographs of elephants accompany narratives from researchers, scientists, and conservationists celebrating elephants and calling for their preservation. African savanna elephants--among the most magnificent and beloved of our fellow mammals--are an extraordinary, social, and intelligent species. The Last Elephants , an homage to these animals and a clarion call for their preservation, is based upon a shocking finding: savanna elephant populations...