Not so long ago, the trumpeting of elephants could be heard across a great deal of our planet. Wrinkly-skinned giants did not ...

Rural communities on the border between the African countries of Malawi and Zambia are threatening to sue an international ...

More than 50 children were orphaned as a result of the relocated elephants, according to local communities who are taking ...

Elephants choose smooth, food-rich paths to save energy. Their movement depends on terrain, speed, and water access.

Elephants risk human conflict while shaping Africa’s ecosystems. However, Makima said his most effective tool is his beehive fence. A project by Save the Elephants found that elephants avoid ...

SURVEYING elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic ...

A new study reveals how African elephants plan their elaborate journeys: they strategically choose the least energy-consuming routes to reach food sources. These findings, researchers say ...

Their job is to keep the peace amid a worsening and at times deadly conflict between humans and the world's largest land ...

There is a saying that when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. But must that always be the case?African ...

Elephants crossing roads can lead to trouble for both the elephants and motorists. What to do to prevent an elephant from stomping your car.

Thus the Age of Empire yielded yet another “determined man with an injured ego”, as Sophy Roberts puts it in her absorbing new book, A Training School for Elephants. That injury made an ...

Iain Douglas-Hamilton. Image courtesy Save the Elephants. Goodall and Douglas-Hamilton both broke with tradition when they began their studies in East Africa. They did so not just by trading the ...