Elephants are the largest land animals worldwide, used in tourism in several countries, and are often gentle to humans ...

A study found large-scale declines of African elephants in the first continent-wide analysis of population survey data. Over 53 years of surveys, forest elephant populations decreased on average by 90 ...

Never, ever say anything negative about an elephant or a gorilla. Elephants may attack people’s property, destroy their crops, and even kill them. Always take the side of the elephant. Big cats have ...

Many key differences separate African elephant from Asian elephants. Not only are they found in completely separate parts of the world, but they live in different habitats as well. The African ...

A new study shows how African elephant poop helps make American-made guitars — and how poaching of elephants is contributing to a decrease in ebony trees. The world is connected in surprising ways. A ...

New research has surfaced detailing the vital role of older animals in maintaining species populations and ecosystems. The Department of Ecology and Conservation at Texas A&M College of Agriculture ...

With African elephants endangered, a UCLA-led study says their decline could ripple from the rainforest to the concert stage—revealing a critical link between the threatened species and pianos and ...

Zoo Atlanta's newest addition is Titan the African elephant. Sixteen-year-old Titan came to Atlanta from a Kansas zoo on the recommendation of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The zoo now has ...

A new 16-year-old African elephant named Titan arrived at Zoo Atlanta this week from Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas. The 8,200-pound elephant was born in South Africa in Eswatini and was ...

A South African man died over the weekend after being trampled by an elephant while he tried to save his grandson at the country’s Kruger National Park. Shaik Adam Shabir Ammed, 59, was with his ...

ATLANTA — Zoo Atlanta announced a new big-eared resident was coming to their African Savanna thanks to a new transfer from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kan. According to zoo officials, Titan, a ...

An elephant in South Africa’s Kruger National Park trampled a tourist to death as he was trying to protect children, officials say. The incident Sunday involving 59-year-old Shaik Adam Shabir Ammed ...