A 2015 documentary, “Tyke Elephant Outlaw,” revisited the incident, which became a touchstone for animal rights advocates ...

Five-year-old Durga travelled 3,000km in six days from Assam in India’s northeast to a temple in Tamil Nadu in the south.

The baby elephant needs a mother to run to. And the fact is that the mother is a 30-year-old Nigerian man right now.” ...

Older elephants were slower when the opening changed, even after the researchers accounted for baseline differences in ...

Rescue elephants Malai and Alicia formed an immediate bond — one that keeps the two close at each other's sides, even if ...

Sixteen Asian elephants in Thailand gave up a trunk habit as soon as it stopped working, the first evidence of self-control ...

Animal rights advocates and PETA protesters gathered outside the Museum of the Southwest in Midland, Texas, during the annual September Fest to protest the use of a 56-year-old elephant named Okha for ...

Researchers at the CUNY Graduate Center and Hunter College have found that Asian elephants can suppress impulsive behaviors ...

Corra, a 2-month-old African elephant, skipped onto the savanna for the first time at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park on Thursday morning. Within that first hour, she scampered alongside mom ...

Rock Hyrax pups Spud, Russ, and Jackie – named after the vegetable – were born to parents Maris and Albert at Chester Zoo earlier this year. Now weighing around 350 grams each, the animals are part of ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The mental well-being of three elephants in a zoo in South Africa is the subject of an unusual court case, with animal welfare groups saying they are depressed and should be ...

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 ...