African elephants are the largest land animal on earth. They can weigh up to 15,000 pounds (7,000 kg) and stand at a height of up to 13 feet (4 meters.) African elephants are further classified into ...

Elephants family and herd on African savanna. Safari in Amboseli, Kenya, Africa. Image via Depositphotos. Accurately measuring the strength of massive animals like elephants presents significant ...

As students in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad protested the felling of a forested area for development, footage of a ...

There are fewer than 1,000 Bornean elephants left in the wild. Logging and palm oil plantations have destroyed their habitat ...

DHENKANAL: Residents of Madhabol under Sarangi range are living in fear for the past two days as a herd of eight elephants continues to camp near their village. The herd arrived from a nearby ...

Keonjhar: A herd of 18 elephants has been camping near a canal in Keojhar district's Bhatunia village, within the Sadar forest range, for the past two days, triggering panic among locals who have ...

Visakhapatnam: A herd of wild elephants sparked panic near Subhadrammavalsasa in Jiyyammavalsa mandal, Parvathipuram Manyam district, after they attacked a lorry. The elephants chased the driver ...

Sedgwick County Zoo’s elephant herd just got bigger, and cuter, with the arrival of two new calves. The older calf, Bomani, was born April 10 to mom Talia, and just four days later, first-time ...

In 1879, as Leopold was beginning his exploitation of Congo, he lit upon the idea of using elephants as pack animals to abet the forthcoming mass extraction. But not local African elephants — at ...