As we marvel at the awe-inspiring strength and intelligence of the African elephant, it’s hard not to feel humbled in its presence. These gentle giants are not only the largest land animals on Earth, ...

This is a monumental opportunity to end a crisis. It could be the breakthrough we’ve been waiting decades for, but only if we can act extremely quickly. African elephants are crashing towards ...

In a 2,700-kilometer overland journey, the 35-year-old African elephant was transported via a large iron crate with thick bars strapped to a truck, a mission for which she had been trained for ...

The Asian elephant is the largest surviving land mammal in Asia. Although significantly smaller than its African cousin, it is still an awesome beast. An adult bull can weigh well over five tonnes. It ...

In 1879, as Leopold was beginning his exploitation of Congo, he lit upon the idea of using elephants as pack animals to abet the forthcoming mass extraction. But not local African elephants — at ...

AND HELPED FAMILIES MAKE SOME WONDERFUL MEMORIES HERE AT THE ZOO, AND TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT AFRICAN AND ASIAN ELEPHANTS. PUNCH IS AN ASIAN ELEPHANT. MICKEY IS AN AFRICAN ELEPHANT. PUNCH IS ALMOST 55.

The bulls are the first elephant babies in the zoo’s more-than-50-year history. On Tuesday, the baby African elephants Kijani and Bomani made their first public appearance at the Sedgwick County ...

When a 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook the U.S. city of San Diego on April 14, a video showing five African elephants huddling together in the middle of their enclosure at San Diego Zoo Safari Park ...

The folk art collection at the Monterey Museum of Art, with its Day of the Dead figurines, caught her attention and kept it.

This gradual uplift of land enabled the early ancestors of animals such as giraffes, elephants, rhinoceroses, cheetahs, and even humans, to roam between Africa and Asia. The appearance of the land ...