Elephant caregivers play an important role in their society by comforting and teaching babies when mom is occupied.

A fossilized elephant skull found in the Kashmir Valley is reshaping how scientists understand an ancient giant’s past.

A team of doctors and vets in Pakistan has developed a novel treatment for a pair of elephants suffering from tuberculosis ...

The retired elephants of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will be moving to a spacious new home at a Florida conservation center next year, concluding a journey that began in 2015 when ...

Researchers analyzed fossils and DNA to get a big-picture view of sloth evolution and determine what drove their immense size ...

Scientists use changes in DNA as a type of clock to estimate how long two species have been separated. Researchers found that ...

Om Rijal has been training and caring for elephants for years, but unable to keep up with the high cost of maintenance, he now wants to sell them. He owns nine elephants and employs 13 people, costing ...

Up-close with elephants in a scenic African wilderness. National Guard helicopter crew landed on Montana ranch and trespassed to take antlers, citations say Archaeologists Discovered 2,300-Year ...

Their big eyes, tiny size, and wobbly legs as they walk toward their mama, at least if the newborn in question is a baby elephant. Like many other species in the animal kingdom, baby elephants are ...

The newly expanded preserve in Oklahoma is a 17-acre complex that has a 36,650-square-foot elephant barn and a 10-plus acre wooded preserve, which is home to five Asian elephants. Los Angeles Zoo ...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — The elephant herd at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park recently took part in a 30-minute pool party that offered both fun and fitness, according to the park’s latest update.

So far, 70 human cases have been confirmed, according to the CDC. Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the United States more than a year after the first human case was detected.