A team of doctors and vets in Pakistan has developed a novel treatment for a pair of elephants suffering from tuberculosis ...

Elephants are known for their intelligence, complex social behavior, memory and size, including their giant ears. The ears of African elephants ( Loxodonta africana) can grow up to 6.6 feet (2 meters) ...

African wildlife expert Rob the Ranger watches elephants engaging in a mud bathing ritual in Maasai Mara.

Two African elephants who were formerly housed at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere have died over the holidays, their caretakers said. Rosie, who was 47-years-old, was euthanized on New Year's Eve ...

During a 5.2-magnitude earthquake in Southern California, a herd of African elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park displayed remarkable protective behavior. Instinctively, the matriarchs ...

Normally, tusklessness would occur only in about 2 to 4 percent of female African elephants. Decades ago, some 4,000 elephants lived in Gorongosa, says Joyce Poole—an elephant behavior expert ...

African elephants at the San Diego Zoo instinctively formed a protective circle around its youngest family members in the seconds after a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California on Monday.

When a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California ... is key to protecting these endangered animals. "The Asian and African elephants are in imminent danger of going extinct, and it's ...

Elephant ears are unique. African elephants have large ears. Asian elephants have smaller ears. Ears help regulate body ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — As the ground shook from a 5.2-magnitude earthquake ... enclosure at the park Monday morning shows the five African elephants standing around in the morning sun before the ...