Growing up, I vividly remember reading through nature-related magazines, fascinated by the vast numbers of creatures ...

BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or ...

Research shows that elephants rely on frequencies of 10Hz or less to detect and communicate with other herds, and that they are especially sensitive to vibrations passing through the ground. Most park ...

In Botswana, coexisting with the country's 130,000 elephants can be a daily negotiation. For rural families, tending a crop ...

Tyke, a 20-year-old African bush elephant, was being forced to perform with Circus International at the Neal Blaisdell Centre in Honolulu, Hawaii, when the horrifying incident occurred. During the ill ...

Suju Kali is a 50-year-old elephant in Nepal who has been carrying tourists for over 30 years. Like many elephants I encounter through my research, Suju Kali exhibits anxiety and can be aggressive ...

According to Smithsonian National Zoo, giant pandas are shy animals and avoid interaction with humans, and biting occurs only ...

Some understanding of how elephants exist in the world only deepens the mystery of their amazing lives. This is where the title came from, to feel wonder by knowing about lives so different than our ...

When it comes to pure, raw power in the natural world, the debate over which creature is the strongest animal is a heated one ...

I’m not alone in being amazed by the social, cognitive, and emotional lives of elephants. I try to read just about everything that is written about these magnificent giants, and when I learned about ...