Not all elephants are the same. A new study has found that male African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) develop ...

My colleagues, students, volunteers and I were at Mushara, a remote water source in Namibia’s Etosha National Park, to study the dynamics of an all-male society, bull elephant style. I’d been coming ...

It turns out that male southern elephant seals like to stick with their own favorite foods. Credit: Andrea Cormack/University of New South Wales As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the ...

A fascinating new insight into elephant communication has been uncovered, with researchers finding that a group of males will harmonize a rumbling sound, from one to the next, to signal that it's time ...

The bull elephants gather in the evening coolness to drink. After a spell, a senior male lifts his head and turns from the waterhole. With ears flapping gently, he lets out a deep, resonant rumble.

Source: Esin Üstün, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license. Decades of research have emphasized the importance of matriarchs in leading elephant herds. A herd, made up of related female ...

Elephants are known for their intelligence and for their ability to create bonds with people. Reilly Travers is a rhino and elephant conservationist in Zimbabwe and he's friends with an elephant named ...

Male elephant seals can recognize rivals from years ago, reveals new research. They responded to recorded calls of old enemies in a study that American scientists say shows that humans are not the ...

Police in Sri Lanka have arrested three men for allegedly burning a wild elephant with flaming torches while trying to chase ...

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 ...