elephants
Hot Weather May Have Caused Elephant to Stab Its Trainer to Death, Police Say
Experts find it highly unlikely that heat caused the elephant's aggression, but agree that climate change could lead to increased human-elephant conflict.
Rampant Poaching Forces Elephants to Evolve to Not Have Tusks, Study Finds
The population of tuskless female elephants in Mozambique increased significantly after decades of ivory poaching, a sobering new study concludes.
Sri Lanka Bans 'Drunk Driving' on Elephants and Putting Baby Elephants to Work
Yes, drunk driving elephants is a thing and it's dangerous.
Scientists Traced a Wooly Mammoth's Lifetime Journey, and It's Astonishing
Researchers found the mammoth walked a distance equal to nearly twice the circumference of Earth using isotopes of strontium and oxygen.
China’s Runaway Elephants Are Going Home
Following a high-profile journey north, the elephant family is being lured back to their hometown with bananas and corn.
How an Accidental Death Rescued Mithu the Elephant. Then Put Him in Chains.
Animal welfare activists and many officials want Mithu freed. But the authorities holding him aren’t budging.
How I Went From Poaching Elephants and Rhinos to Protecting Them
Once in the grip of insurgency, Manas National Park in Northeast India had lost most of its wildlife to poachers. Now, some former poachers are using their intimate knowledge of the forest to renew it.
‘World’s Loneliest Elephant’ Lands Safely in Cambodia After Complex Rescue
Kaavan spent 35 years in a zoo in Pakistan, the last eight all alone. Now he gets to live among other Asian elephants at a sanctuary.
The Epic Final Journey of the ‘World’s Loneliest Elephant’
Asian elephant Kaavan is being moved from Pakistan to Cambodia in an operation that one veterinarian called "extremely tricky."
I Had a Zoom Call With an Elephant and It Was Strangely Reassuring
In these strange times, jumping on a video call to watch animals frolic in the sunshine is like a salve to an anxious mind.
Angkor Wat Is Finally Putting a Stop to Its Elephant Rides
The first two elephants are already on their way to a community forest.
Drone Finds More Dead Elephants That Fell Down Thai Waterfall
Over the weekend, six elephants died after falling down the same waterfall.