Many key differences separate African elephants from Asian elephants. Not only are they found in completely separate parts of the world, but they live in different habitats as well. The African ...

This is the eleventh round of call for project proposals to the African Elephant Fund (AEF). The purpose of the call is to allow African elephant range States to apply for funding for projects aimed ...

It flaps its ears and squirts water from a waving trunk, but this elephant is a life-size mechanical replica rolled out to replace the endangered animals in India's Hindu temples. Made of ...

Electric Jeeps and carbon credits are unlikely to make up for gas-guzzling private flights and building mini towns in the remote savannah. So, what should travellers be looking for? Fourteen Jeeps ...

As tensions between China and the United States ramp up - particularly after the US doubled tariffs on Chinese imports to 20 per cent - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday called on New ...

The mother of a three-year-old boy who has been reunited with his toy elephant which had been sitting in the window of a butcher's shop has trumpeted the power of community for its swift return.

Present-day elephants are the biggest land animals. The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) weighs over 10 tons and is up to 13 feet tall. Their Asian relatives, Elephas maximus, rank next on ...

Four elephants had to be rescued from an overturned truck en route to the Samara Karoo Reserve in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday afternoon. Pictures: Supplied/ Video screengrab It was a sincere ...

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Environmentalists have urged the Trump administration to reverse its ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Travelling with anyone for long, even a ghost, tends to awaken us to their defects. In the late 1870s ...

Elephants are known for being wildly intelligent and incredibly social. They’re also one of the few animals — aside from humans — that grieve for their dead. They form tight social bonds with their ...