The six-month, $3 million project features a newly designed 1,500 sq. ft. habitat for lions Hondo, Hatari and Azizi.

Years ago, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen backed a project called the Great Elephant Census that highlighted a crisis for Africa’s elephant population, brought about primarily by illegal poaching.

Elephants, often celebrated for their intelligence and emotional depth, have been observed exhibiting behaviors that indicate ...

Botswana's elephant population has doubled in recent decades, creating chaos for many who live alongside them.

By Ryan Truscott A new study reveals how African elephants plan their elaborate journeys: they strategically choose the least ...

They were men of iron nerve, unerring aim and, gazed at through a modern lens, it seems they were also capable of unbearable cruelty.

Tigers and monkeys and tapirs, oh my! Joel Sartore's latest book, "National Geographic Photo Ark: Babies," captures the ...

Learn about elephants' sharp sense of travel planning, helping them save energy and find food as they trek through their ...

Similarly, water sources play a key role in where they choose to go. However, individual elephants can respond to water ...

In a landmark move to prevent the extinction of Africa’s only penguin species, the Western Cape government, conservation groups, and the pelagic fishing industry have reached an agreement to restrict ...

Elephant leather, hair and meat are likewise ... a conservationist’s last will and testament to icons of the African savanna Ultimately, the draft strategy is skewed in favour of anthropocentric ...