A study published this August in the journal Science Advances may be the first to provide hard evidence of the mutualistic relationship between African forest elephants and African ebony, a dense and ...

Have you ever heard of the "drunk elephant" myth? Here's why some people believe elephants get intoxicated off fruit.

Scientists reflect on the life and work of a researcher whose discoveries made them rethink what it means to be human.

Jane Goodall, the famed primatologist, anthropologist and conservationist, has died, according to the institute she founded.

Elephants that live near farms are more daring than their deep-forest counterparts, and that behavior could be the key to helping people and elephants get along. That's the central finding of new ...

Elephants are incredibly intelligent and social animals with several sophisticated methods of communication. They use all their senses — hearing, sight, touch, and smell — to interact within their own ...

Ruth is a 43-year-old African savanna elephant, one of three living at the Milwaukee County Zoo, who needed help to get up ...

The 43-year-old elephant was euthanized in an emotional scene Saturday after her second fall this month. It was an emotional ...

The results are clear. Researchers issue warning after observing concerning shift in animal behavior: 'They start really fighting, like grappling' first appeared on The Cool Down.