Like seasoned hosts, a convivial herd of elephants wanders out of the brush just minutes after our charter plane touches down at a private airfield in southern Kenya. Kimana, an area triangulated by ...

An elephant calf opens its mouth wide on command for an oral inspection, tablet and drink. Another gets a trunk wash. And the herd's matriarch, Mek Kapah, offers up an ear to be swabbed for ...

Elephants are regarded as one of the most intelligent animals. A US court has ruled that five elephants, currently being held at a Colorado zoo had no legal right to pursue their release since ...

A court has ruled that five elephants being held in a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release, because they are not human. An animal rights group brought a lawsuit on ...

Part of a new class of soft robots, SpiRobs, this spiral robotic arm draws inspiration from the logarithmic spiral shapes of elephant trunks and octopus tentacles. Crafted through the advanced use ...

The court ruled against an animal rights group (Picture: Reuters) An animal rights group which claimed five elephants in a Colorado zoo were ‘imprisoned’ has been slammed when a court ruled ...

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