While real life elephants can’t fly, they certainly have enormous ears. The African elephant, for instance, has the largest ...

Africa’s elephant population has crashed by an estimated 111,000 in the past decade primarily due to poaching, according to the IUCN’s African Elephant Status Report. Africa’s elephant population has ...

"The result of improved survey coverage." Scientists make stunning discovery while studying elephant dung: 'Updated numbers' ...

A new report issued under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) shows that illegal killing of elephants and illegal ivory trade continues to ...

DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate—and higher—population estimate for the elusive animal, but the species remains critically endangered, a study ...

In Southern Africa, people live alongside elephants, but not always peacefully. The growing reports of human-elephant conflict have triggered calls for elephant culls in some countries, like Zimbabwe.

While many people are fascinated by nonhuman animals, most do not have the time, money, or opportunity to travel to remote natural habitats where these animals live freely. Instead, zoos relocate ...

Male elephants have distinct characters, and certain individuals within the society are influential and can have a positive psychological impact on the group, according to new research. The study also ...

Elephants are the largest land mammals on Earth that are known for their intelligence, strength and complex social behavior. While they may seem similar at first glance, Asian and African elephants ...

They’re majestic and impossible to ignore — it’s no wonder elephants have inspired some of the most powerful advertising campaigns ever created. From WWF’s heartbreaking appeals to stop poaching, to ...

African elephants are known to recognize groups of humans, to test electric fences with their tusks to avoid injury, and (of course) can remember paths to resources passed down to them decades earlier ...

Source: Martinvl, via Wikimedia Commons. Play behavior can be a delicate balance between cooperation and competition. In apes and monkeys, a relaxed “play face” signals that one’s intentions are not ...