A recent study suggests that the large mammals may seek out parts of bananas and papayas when they’re suffering from gut ...

A documentary focuses on the remarkable reproductive lives of the rare male elephants whose tusks weigh more than 100 pounds ...

NPR's Short Wave talks about elephants' sniffing abilities, the remarkable migration of painted lady butterflies and a ...

The elephant is an important part of many religions. Elephants play a central role in Hinduism, Buddhism, and other religions ...

More than 145,000 African forest elephants roam the rainforests of Africa, according to a recent population assessment.

African elephant populations are sometimes thought to differ only by the location of the animals, but, evolutionarily speaking, forest and savannah elephants are as separate genetically as Asian ...

No one is happier than a baby elephant, especially one that is celebrating a major life accomplishment. Just take this baby elephant at the Fort Worth Zoo, for instance. In this video, she is ...

African elephants are known to recognize groups of humans, to test electric fences with their tusks to avoid injury, and (of course) can remember paths to resources passed down to them decades earlier ...