Elephants are among the most intelligent creatures on the planet. They use long sticks to scratch their bodies when their trunks can't reach, use palm fronds as fly swatters, and recognize their ...

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 ...

Drought is forcing Namibian desert elephants to seek water near human settlements. But human encounters with the giant mammals frequently end in tragedies. Elephants are being shot, and their ...

While feeding the elephants might sound like a once-in-a-lifetime experience, it may not be entirely beneficial for the ...

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

Tamil Nadu Forest Department captures controversial elephant in O’Valley, Gudalur after years of human-elephant conflicts.

As cute and confident as Pardamat now seems, the little elephant had a difficult start to life. "Pardamat was found next to the dead body of his mother," Edwin Lusichi, head keeper at the Sheldrick ...

Ruth, a 43-year-old African savanna elephant, was euthanized after falling and being unable to get up at the Milwaukee County ...

I’m always leery of claims that humans are uniquely exceptional, that we are better than nonhuman animals (animals) at dealing with the demands of our daily lives, that we are more highly evolved, ...

You can also help pick her name, which, in a nod to her mom, will be Texas flower-themed. Choices are Lady Bird (“Birdie”), ...