African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) were only recognized as a species separate from the African savannah elephant ...

Elephants are vital to ecosystems. Learn interesting facts and how WWF works to protect them across Africa and Asia.

Elephants seem easy to figure out with their big bodies, long trunks, and always walking in slow groups. But they’re not simple animals. Behind the usual facts are habits, abilities, and instincts ...

Before, elephants thought drones sounded like bees and got scared. Now, research from Save the Elephants and the University ...

The new “Dumbo” live-action movie that opens March 29 is one of the most anticipated films of the spring and everybody’s talking about it. So here are some cool things to know about real elephants, as ...

That these seals can live to healthy old age is remarkable. Humans once hunted them rapaciously for their sweet, sweet oil.

Even so, he still discovers new firsts like encountering the smallest baby elephant he's ever laid eyes on. Recently, Jackson ...

Sunday is National Elephant Appreciation Day—a holiday observed every September 22—and what better way to celebrate these tough-skinned animals than listing 10 crazy facts about them? 1. The African ...

Feces, dung, poop: words that never fail to make a 12-year-old boy laugh. But they have no place in highly advanced scientific processes, right? Well, that’s where you’d be wrong. Researchers ...

An elephant was killed in the early hours of Sunday after being hit by a train in Dhupguri in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri ...