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

A documentary focuses on the remarkable reproductive lives of the rare male elephants whose tusks weigh more than 100 pounds ...

NPR's Short Wave talks about elephants' sniffing abilities, the remarkable migration of painted lady butterflies and a ...

The elephant is an important part of many religions. Elephants play a central role in Hinduism, Buddhism, and other religions ...

More than 145,000 African forest elephants roam the rainforests of Africa, according to a recent population assessment.

The death of a well-known wild animal is an odd kind of news. It is intimate, because so many people feel they have met the ...

Compared to some animals, baby elephants rest for fairly short periods. In the post caption, @elephanthavensfoundation explains, “Baby elephants like Rosie only sleep about 4-6 hours a day. In the ...

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 ...

"GMA" is on location at a wildlife reserve in South Africa. — -- In Bela-Bela, South Africa, a group of researchers is turning the table on poachers and training elephants to do something pretty ...