Karachi’s last two African elephants remain in captivity. Their sisters are already dead. Will they survive?

At first, plants below an elephant carcass die. Soil microbes and plants grow back soon after, but only a few select species. Herbivores later come in to munch on the nutrient-rich greens ...

A massive elephant walked straight up to a safari guide sitting in an exposed front seat, close enough that its tusks passed on either side of him. What happened next reveals something unexpected ...

Scientists discover the complex moves elephants use to tell their herd mates to back off without getting into a fight!

Wild African elephants appear to use body movements as deliberate signals. They watch other elephants before and during gestures.

A decline in elephant rides and the development of sea sanctuaries for previously captive cetaceans show that caring for ...

Great herds of elephants once crisscrossed Africa, and scientists have no doubt that they shaped the landscape, ecosystems ...

What a sweet reunion.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tourist on National Elephant Day in Thailand. oneclearvision/Getty Images Suju Kali is a 50-year-old elephant in Nepal who has ...

An elephant handler in Thailand is under investigation after a Spanish tourist was killed during a bathing activity at a venue advertised as an ethical sanctuary, an officer at the Tourism and Sports ...

A "panic-stricken" elephant killed a Spanish tourist while she was bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand, police said on Monday. The 23-year-old woman was hit by the stressed animal's ...