Elephants

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—A train carrying thousands of gallons of fuel hit a herd of wild elephants in northeast Sri Lanka, killing two of the giant mammals and injuring one other ...

African elephants use their unique sense of smell to communicate, distinguish their mates and outsiders, and maintain social ...

A photographer risked the life of his camera for closeup photos of a wild herd of elephants, but ...

These heartwarming photos show the fun side of raising orphaned elephants at a wildlife sanctuary in East Africa. ...

COLOMBO—An elephant in Sri Lanka gave birth to twins on Tuesday for the first time in nearly 80 ...

Chinese residents liken a quarantine site to a concentration camp in the city of Guangzhou. The facility was ...

A series of adorable images of a few elephants playing a game of “guess who” with curious tourists ...

GABORONE, Botswana—The sudden deaths of some 330 elephants in northwestern Botswana earlier this year may have occurred because ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe—The number of elephants dying in western Zimbabwe from a suspected bacterial infection, possibly from eating poisonous ...

The parks authorities in Zimbabwe are investigating the deaths of 11 elephants in a forest in the west ...

GABORONE, Botswana—Botswana’s government says it still doesn’t know what caused the deaths of hundreds of elephants in recent ...

Warning: This article includes content that some readers may find disturbing. The mysterious deaths of over 360 elephants ...

When you build a major highway that crosses over an elephant-migration route in a wildlife sanctuary, expect some ...

Denmark has joined the ranks of other countries implementing efforts towards banning the use of wild animals in ...

Eleven elephants have been killed trying to rescue a baby elephant that slipped from a cliff and plunged ...

A year-old elephant calf collapsed with exhaustion while being tied to its mother who was giving rides to ...

Botswana's government has lifted a ban on elephant hunting. The Environment Ministry issued a statement on the decision, ...

Two baby elephants passed away at a zoo in the United Kingdom, a loss a zoo official called ...

An alarming number of elephant carcasses have been discovered in aerial surveys across Botswana in what has been ...

Editor's note: CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) is currently meeting until October 5. Please ...

Eighteen elephants are coming to the United States from Africa after a U.S. judge approved their importation over ...

The eight suspected poachers stood under a tree, apparently unaware they were being tracked by 10 rangers from ...