The African elephant is actually two different species, according to a new DNA study that may settle a long-simmering debate. "The big surprise of this paper," though, is just how genetically ...

The Asian elephants, which have been at the center of a long debate over performing animals, will get a 2,500-acre, state-of-the-art habitat.

Josephine Smit, who studies elephant behavior as a researcher with the Southern Tanzania Elephant Program, says that among the female elephants she tracks at Ruaha National Park, an area that was ...

A female forest elephant charges photographer Nick Nichols in the Central African Republic’s Dzanga-Ndoki National Park in 1993. ‘‘It was very clear that we were in a place that was ruled by ...

An elephant can live as long as a human — in captivity, we're often condemning these animals to decades of unrelenting misery. Yet their number in Thailand's tourism industry continues to climb.

On Nov. 1, the zoo’s elderly Asian elephant, Kamala, was euthanized. This comes after she was diagnosed with osteoarthritis and her physical condition had irreversibly declined.

Some 400 to 600 Asian elephants are believed to remain living in the wild in Cambodia. Researchers said the study's findings underscore the potential of a "national stronghold" for the species.

Kamala, a longtime member of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Asian elephant herd, was euthanized Saturday in D.C. following years of struggling with osteoarthritis. Even while measures were ...

Notably, he was the father of Kandula, a male calf who was born at the National Zoo in 2001 via artificial insemination. Through her lineage, Kamala contributed greatly both to her species’ survival ...

WASHINGTON - An Asian elephant named Kamala had to be euthanized Friday, the Smithsonian National Zoo said over the weekend. Zoo officials say after a decade of managing and treating Kamala’s ...