Once feared as lethal weapons in war, Asian elephants are now revered as symbols of peace and spirituality. In India, the elephant is considered a sacred creature. Many Hindus believe that Ganesha may ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia--A genetic study of Asian elephants in northern Cambodia published Thursday reveals a larger and more robust population than previously thought, raising hopes the endangered ...

The single Asian elephant used in this study was a seven-year-old captive-born female housed at ... Extraction of gDNA from 140 µL aliquots of whole EDTA blood was performed using the QIAamp Viral RNA ...

Many key differences separate African elephants from Asian elephants. Not only are they found in completely separate parts of the world, but they live in different habitats as well. The African ...

Asian elephants ritually bury their dead calves, a ground-breaking study by an Indian Forest Service officer and a Pune-based researcher has found. Oscar winner The Elephant Whisperers’ Kartiki ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this photo taken between 2020- 2021 and released by Fauna & Flora, elephants roam at Prey Lang Wildlife ...

Around 270 Asian elephants live in Bangladesh, where they are regionally critically endangered. Conflict between humans and elephants has been a significant cause for death in both humans and ...

Human elephant conflict (HEC) is one of the most serious urgent threats to the survival of Asian elephants, as well as a grave social problem for people living alongside them across tropical Asia. The ...