VIENTIANE, Laos -- Connie Speight has swayed on elephant-back through unforgiving jungle and has adopted nine of the high-maintenance beasts. At 83, the retired American teacher is back in this ...

Elephants bathe in a pond at the Elephant Conservation Center in Laos' Sainyabuli province - Copyright AFP TANG CHHIN Sothy Elephants bathe in a pond at the Elephant ...

An Australian study has warned that captive elephants in Laos will be extinct in 100 years, if nothing is done to increase numbers. The University of Queensland report says this is because captive ...

This wild elephant isn't very concerned with border checkpoints. Cameras caught the elephant at the border checkpoint between China and Laos. The elephant carefully stepped over the roadblocks to ...

Laos is known as the "Land of a Million Elephants." But after decades of loss of habitat, there are fewer than 1,000 left. Now those remaining may... What China's Belt And Road Means For Elephants In ...

In this eye-opening video, we take a closer look at the realities behind elephant rides, often seen in wildlife tourism hotspots. Watch as tourists prepare to board a large adult elephant outfitted ...

Slow and silent, former logging elephant Mae Khoun Nung emerges from a forest in northern Laos and follows her guide to an animal hospital for a check-up. Once abundant in the forests of Laos, Asian ...

Slow and silent, former logging elephant Mae Khoun Nung emerges from a forest in northern Laos and follows her guide to an animal hospital for a check-up. Originally published on doc.afp.com, part of ...