Have you ever wondered what the world’s largest land animal might be? While some land animals (giraffes) might be taller, and some marine life (blue whales) might be heavier, one animal stands alone ...

"Elephants may run at the threat in a demonstration or real charge. Most charges are mock charges which are broken off before the target is reached," South African National Parks said. "However ...

An elephant in South Africa’s Kruger National Park trampled a tourist to death as he was trying to protect children, officials say. The incident Sunday involving 59-year-old Shaik Adam Shabir Ammed ...

Both Asian and African elephant species are either endangered or critically endangered, with fewer than half a million of them left in the wild — a staggering and sobering statistic. Thankfully, a ...

The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) filed the suit against the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in May 2024 alleging the park in Colorado Springs kept five elderly African elephants named Missy, Kimba ...

A tourist was killed by an elephant on Saturday in South Africa's famous Kruger Park, the South African national parks agency SAN Parks announced overnight. "A tragic accident occurred when a ...

FILE - A US court has ruled that while African elephants might be 'cognitively, psychologically, or socially sophisticated' they are not people and not covered by the principle of habeas corpus. [File ...

Animal rights campaigners acting on behalf of elderly African elephants Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo wanted a court to free them from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo… A bid to get five elephants ...

The victim was “charged and trampled” by an elephant near Crocodile River at Malelane Gate in Kruger National Park in South Africa, on Saturday, Jan. 25, the South African National Parks ...

DESCRIPTION: Savannah elephants are the larger of the two African elephant species. They also have thicker, more curved tusks, more triangulated ears, and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant ...