HERD Elephant Orphanage South Africa Khanyisa, a young albino elephant, was in critical condition when she was rescued in ...

As human settlements expand and new infrastructure is built, this often crosses into land used for farming, or in some cases ...

What is the African elephant? African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are slightly larger than their Asian cousins and can be identified by their larger ears that look somewhat ...

(Steve Stringer Photography/Moment/Getty Images) Which footprint is bigger? An elephant's or a human's? It depends on how you ...

The grudging release of previously undisclosed mortality data from the Kruger National Park offers a rare glimpse into how ...

A study predicts increasing human-elephant conflict in Southern Africa. A growing number of farmers and 290,000 African ...

The move reflects a growing challenge for North American zoos.

A new short film, The Seed Bearers Last Walk, features life-size elephant puppets is drawing attention to the debate over ...

BELA-BELA, South Africa — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or bush ...

African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth and significantly larger than their relatives in Asia, from which they are separated by millions of years of evolution. Nevertheless, Asian ...