Yep, the little pachyderm is completely and utterly attached to an enormous tire, and apparently, she would take it ...

People have had a devastating impact on African elephant and rhino numbers, but in parts of Africa we’re helping these amazing animals to recover People have had a devastating impact on African ...

An international conservation organization has listed African elephants as critically endangered after a sharp population decline. The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of ...

Elephant societies respond to death in ways that look uncannily similar to our own reactions. Here’s why it has researchers ...

A study has both good news and bad news for the future of African elephants. While about 18 million square kilometers of Africa -- an area bigger than the whole of Russia -- still has suitable habitat ...

A key conservation group counted the continent’s elephants as two species for the first time, highlighting the dire threat to forest elephants. By Elizabeth Preston While some African elephants parade ...

An official assessment on African elephants conducted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has revealed that the elephants are more endangered than previously thought. The ...

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 ...

African elephants may give each other unique names that are used by family members to have one-on-one conversations in the wild, according to new research which analysed the mammal’s vocalisations ...

C’sar the elephant, the N.C. Zoo’s longest-tenured and one of its most charismatic residents, has died. The park announced C’sar’s passing on Monday, Dec. 22, saying he died peacefully on Dec. 19 ...

It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like ...

Asali, an African Elephant at the Memphis Zoo, has made her prediction for who will win the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Jan. 2.