The animals could see both racks from their enclosure, but couldn't reach them with their trunks. Nevertheless, they regularly tried to do so, in order to examine the stimuli presented more closely.

An elephant’s trunk is a marvel of nature: part tool, part nose, part muscle powerhouse. With it, elephants can rip branches from trees or delicately pick up a single peanut. But now ...

Drought is now so bad in parts of southern Africa that governments say they must kill hundreds of their most captivating, majestic wild animals to feed desperately hungry people. In August ...

They say an elephant never forgets, and according to this new study, that’s not far from the truth. Researchers led by Martin Kranzlin from the Wilhelma zoological-botanical garden in Stuttgart ...

Two elephants have died after a sanctuary was flooded in the northern Thailand city of Chiang Mai. Fah Sai and Ploy Thong were swept away by floodwaters as rescuers worked to evacuate the animals ...

They’re practically flooding our social media feeds and TV screens. Of course, we’re talking about the elephant and donkey, with the former representing the Republican Party and the latter as ...

Oct. 30, 2024 — Large herbivores like bison or elk have continuously lived in the Yellowstone National Park region for about 2,300 years, according to a new analysis ...

The best white elephant gift ideas are often inexpensive and come in varying degrees of funny or useful, depending on the crowd. For an office party, you may want to play it safe with a practical ...

Why are African elephants important? Both species of African elephants – Savannah and Forest – are keystone species in their different habitats and play a crucial role in maintaining their ecosystems.

A multidisciplinary team of scientists has conducted a study of Asian and African elephant wrinkles to learn more about their purpose. In their study, published in the journal Royal Society Open ...

This undated photo provided by the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo shows elephants Kimba, front, and Lucky, back, at the Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Cheyenne Mountain Zoo via AP) DENVER (AP ...

But the two ton, 15-year-old elephant was no match for the flooding that inundated Chiang Mai, Thailand’s second-largest city, last week. By the time a team of rescuers saw her, she had been ...