African elephant populations are sometimes thought to differ only by the location of the animals, but, evolutionarily speaking, forest and savannah elephants are as separate genetically as Asian ...

African savanna elephants have about 63,000 neurons in the part of their brain that controls facial movement. Humans only have about 8,000 to 9,000. Aleix Planas Saborit / 500px via Getty Images ...

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

Think of African elephants and you might picture them wandering among open grasslands or making their homes in forests. But in northwest Namibia, amidst an arid landscape of rocky mountains, sand, and ...

In remote Gabon, warmer nights and less rainfall may be preventing trees from growing the nutritious fruit the animals depend on. The Central African country of Gabon is home to the most forest ...

Did you know that one of James Cameron’s informal titles is “National Geographic Explorer-at-Large”? It’s true – he’s an executive producer of Secrets of the Elephants (airing on Nat Geo, streaming on ...

This article was originally published on Undark. In 2018, news spread around Saroj Duru’s village that four elephants had gathered at a nearby lake. Such creatures didn’t typically visit her region in ...

It is difficult to catch Asian elephants responding to deaths of herd members in the wild, but online videos helped researchers observe the behavior. By Elizabeth Preston It was 2013 when Sanjeeta ...

Located in sunny Florida, Elephant Oasis is a sanctuary dedicated to inspiring and educating visitors about elephants and the ...

Editor's note: This story has been named a 2025 World Press Photo contest winner for its "compelling exploration of human-wildlife conflict, prompting viewers to reconsider their understanding of ...