Smithsonian’s National Zoo is all abuzz with excitement because first-time elephant mom Nhi Linh is pregnant. With a window ...

The genetic analysis detected 367 different plant species across the samples. More remarkably, individual elephants showed ...

Every winter, about 10,000 elephant seals make their way to California’s Año Nuevo State Park, to fight, mate and give birth.

Elephants are revered in many religions, including Hinduism and Buddhism. Discover how the elephant earned this elevated ...

BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. Tell them apart by their ears There are three species of ...

A recent study suggests that the large mammals may seek out parts of bananas and papayas when they’re suffering from gut ...

Early humans were not just scavengers. New research shows they actively butchered elephants, transforming survival and social ...

Elephants thrive in grasslands, savannahs, and forest areas where the weather is usually hot and dry. In order to protect their babies from the sun, adult elephants use their giant trunks to shower ...

The earliest hominins in Europe shared their environment with large mammals and elephants were some of the largest animals ...

African elephant populations are sometimes thought to differ only by the location of the animals, but, evolutionarily speaking, forest and savannah elephants are as separate genetically as Asian ...