A California-based animal welfare group is protesting the Texas Renaissance Festival’s elephant rides, citing alleged past evidence of abuse by one of the elephants’ handlers. Animal Defenders ...

No, this photo-bombing pachyderm is not an apparition, a phantasm or a spooky specter. He is the only African forest elephant to be spotted — via remote trail cam — in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National ...

For the first time, elephants can be seen in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, as they are pushed out of their ...

A local government in South Africa has said that its elephant population has become too large, but its plan to reduce numbers has drawn sharp criticism. Mongabay reports that the North West Parks and ...

An elephant never forgets – where the snacks are stored. A large wild elephant caught shopkeepers off guard at a convenience store in Thailand on Monday, when it lumbered into the shop in search of ...

A bystander caught a frustrating and terrifying encounter between a tourist and an elephant at a nature preserve in India recently, highlighting the risks of being unsafe with wildlife. A user shared ...

Two months after the Los Angeles Zoo quietly — and controversially — transferred its last two Asian elephants to their new home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the elephants’ new caretakers today say the animals ...

Researchers found that the animals are capable of using their trunks to make a range of gestures that express their intentions and wants. By Veronique Greenwood If you give an elephant an apple, she’s ...

Bangladesh is planning to declare a major elephant habitat in its northeast, which has recently seen a rise in human-elephant conflicts, a protected area. Bangladesh is one of the few countries home ...

World Elephant Day 2025: The World Elephant Day is observed every year on August 12 to celebrate one of the most intelligent animals, capable of demonstrating human traits like empathy, self-awareness ...