The death of Craig the elephant, one of Africa’s last great ‘super tuskers’, at the beginning of the year was both sad and inspiring. Given the era he lived through, when elephants like him were being ...

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. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

An elephant struggled to eat a piece of fruit, squashing it with her foot and trying to scoop it up. The three-year-old jumbo named Kham Kaew was given a pomelo and worked hard so she could enjoy its ...

Thailand is considered home to approximately 15% of the 52,000 Asian elephants currently living in the wild. Unfortunately, countless of these animals are suffering from physical and psychological ...

SPECIES SURVIVE. ELEPHANTS ARE MAJESTIC AND REGAL ANIMALS, BUT THEIR POPULATIONS IN THE WILD ARE DWINDLING. DOCTOR KATE EVANS, A ZOOLOGIST, HAS MADE IT HER LIFE’S WORK TO STUDY AND PROTECT THEM. IT IS ...

Catching elephants -- Powers of trunk and mind -- Muddy exodus -- A counterpoint in Africa -- Breakable chains -- Strange behaviors -- Camps and villages -- Pencil lines on a map -- Flood relief ...

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 ...

A Thai elephant checks out a cattle brush in an experiment showing that elephants living near farms are more interested in exploring unfamiliar objects — a curiosity that may put them in harm’s way.