The African savanna elephant is the biggest of the three species and the largest land animal on Earth. Adult males weigh ...

Video. An elephant with a leg injury has been making daily visits to a village on the outskirts of Assam in northeast India, ...

For months an injured male elephant has been frequenting a village on the outskirts of India's northeastern Assam state in ...

World Elephant Day, observed annually on August 12, highlights the urgent need to protect these keystone species. Initiated ...

On August 12, the world comes together to celebrate World Elephant Day, a global initiative launched in 2012 by Canadian ...

On World Elephant Day, which is observed on August 12 to raise awareness about the need to protect elephants, here are some lesser-known facts about the mammal ...

Queenie, a water-skiing Asian elephant who delighted fans in the 1950s, has been euthanized at the Georgia wildlife park where she lived her final years in retirement.

A playful elephant at the Oregon Zoo is warming hearts with the celebratory swim he took on his birthday. Samudra, one of five Asian elephants at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, turned 15 on Wednesday ...

Size and Weight Another difference between African elephants and Asian elephants is their size and weight. While both of these creatures are extremely large and impressive to behold, African ...

A pair of elephants at the Berlin Zoo have figured out how to use a hose as a make-shift flexible shower head. Not only do they use the water to get clean, but they have been observed turning the ...

Along with the water conservation efforts, Elephant Trek will be mostly powered from solar panels that come from over the zoo's parking lot and a new 165 kW array that will be installed on top of ...