In December 2023, a 10-year-old African elephant disappeared from her herd in Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve. When she returned a month later, she was accompanied by two unrelated females, thought ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We’ve all heard the saying “it takes a village to raise a child,” and the same is true for baby animals, too. Located in Chiang ...

Pachyderm whiskers are more flexible at the tip than the base, allowing elephants to complete delicate tasks with their incredibly strong trunks ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (CBS News Texas) - The Fort Worth Zoo announced a new addition to its elephant herd: A female Asian elephant calf. The calf was born on Aug, 18 standing 36 inches tall and weighing ...

If you ever get an opportunity to go to Thailand, chances are you'll come home with a souvenir with the country's national animal on it…the Asian elephant. Elephants are more than a point of pride in ...

There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found.

This is the adorable moment a mother elephant helped her baby climb over a steep ridge using her trunk. While crossing a paddy field in Digarbandh village in Jhargram district, West Bengal, India, on ...

While traveling through Burbank, California, someone might expect to find a pachyderm at the Safari Inn or Black Elephant Coffee, but through August 31 visitors will be able to find 25 hand-painted ...

Elephant societies respond to death in ways that look uncannily similar to our own reactions. Here’s why it has researchers describing them as “compassionate.” Wildlife researchers have, for decades, ...

Over the weekend we learned the cause of death for Chai, the 37-year-old elephant moved from Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo to the Oklahoma City Zoo last year. A necropsy reveals she died of a bacterial ...

For centuries, elephants have been called forest gardeners for good reasons. “When an elephant moves through trees and bushes, it pushes them aside,” says Dr Thomas Breuer from WWF Germany. “This ...