The Bronx Zoo insists that Happy is not alone: There is one other elephant at the zoo, Patty, and although they’re kept apart, they can sometimes see and smell each other, and even touch one ...

A man has been trampled to death by an elephant only three years after surviving an attack from a hyena. Mzee Musili Musembi, a 72-year-old father of six from Ilikoni village in Kenya's Kibwezi ...

We're going to meet the superheroes of the animal world as we find animals who are faster than a speeding cheetah, more powerful than a gorilla, and ones that can leap tall trees in a single bound.

How did Disney's Animal Kingdom prepare for the elephant's birth? After nearly 22 months of gestation, Corra was born in one of those yards on Dec. 13, without a hitch or human intervention.

As far as we know, the largest bird of all time was the now-extinct elephant bird. The flightless animal stood over 10 feet tall (3 m), and was native to Madagascar. Little is known about how it ...

Happy the elephant made history on Tuesday. By arguing for her release from the Bronx Zoo, she became the first animal to have a case for animal rights decided by a court of last resort in North ...

An Asian elephant named Happy that has been at the Bronx Zoo for more than 40 years will remain there after New York’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that she is not a person, in a legal sense ...

Woodland Park Zoo has harmed a 39-year-old Asian elephant named Bamboo and should move her to an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee, an animal-rights group said in a lawsuit filed Monday.

All episodes of Animal Atlas TV seriesA closer look at the domestic dog: its super senses, how breeding has changed its appearance and why, different breeds and their histories and background and ...