Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our ...

African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana). Scientists used to think both animals were subspecies of a single African elephant. However, a study published in 2010 found that each elephant ...

Forget what you’ve seen in pretty much every cartoon containing an elephant ... bit too small for the appetite of such a big animal and most elephants don’t really like them very much.

It’s a gut-wrenching concept: drought is now so bad in parts of southern Africa that governments say they must kill hundreds ...

An elephant never forgets, as the saying goes. In fact, there is evidence that proboscideans still remember the waterholes ...

Thriller does all that in 10 minutes, with fewer emotional arcs, fewer celebrities, and just one pop cover: Michael Jackson’s ...

Nast used the donkey in a series of cartoons to ... scaring away other animals, symbolizing the Democrats attempting to ...

The Oakland Zoo threw a goodbye party for Osh the elephant on Saturday afternoon. Osh, 30, is the zoo’s last remaining elephant but will soon be sent to Tennessee’s Elephant Sanctuary ...

A temple in south Delhi known for its animal care initiatives is gearing up to bring an elephant gifted by an Assam resident, which will join over two-dozen horses and hundreds of cats and dogs ...

Ever since we’re children, we are exposed to stories and cartoons of wild animals roaming freely through the plains of Africa, from hungry lions to majestic giraffes and wise old elephants. If you’re ...

HANDOUT/ELEPHANT NATURE PARK/AFP via Getty An elephant sanctuary in Thailand scrambled to save some of its animals this week, following flooding that inundated the country following a typhoon.

In August, Namibia announced it had embarked on a cull of 723 animals, including 83 elephants, 30 hippos and 300 zebras. The following month, Zimbabwe authorized the slaughter of 200 elephants.