African elephants create low rumbles that travel through the earth, letting other elephants detect messages through vibrations.

A recent study suggests that the large mammals may seek out parts of bananas and papayas when they’re suffering from gut parasites, sparking a cross-species exchange of pharmaceutical knowledge ...

Premieres Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Follow the complex lives of giant elephant bulls in Amboseli and Mount Kilimanjaro.

Quick Take When Acupuncture Meets Elephant Medicine Acupuncture is no longer confined to human clinics. In recent years, it ...

Hamilton, zoologist and animal conservationist. Born: 16 August 1942 in Wiltshire. Died: 8 December 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya, ...

They are large, intelligent, and remarkably social—elephants fascinate many people. With their calm demeanor, they impress at first glance. But it’s not just their appearance; their longevity is also ...

Understanding the Rise, Decline, and Survival of African Elephants These gentle giants are not only powerful in size but also ...

The genetic analysis detected 367 different plant species across the samples. More remarkably, individual elephants showed ...

FRANCIOTTI EXPLAINS. IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE IMPORTANCE IN THE WILD AND THE IMPORTANCE AND THE PARALLELS THAT WE SEE IN OUR ELEPHANTS HERE. STAFF AT THE MARYLAND ZOO IN BALTIMORE ARE LEARNING ...

African elephant herds have faced poaching for decades, but a new wave of poaching has placed them on the edge of extinction, according to a study published Tuesday. The study was published in the ...

The African wild dogs were magnificent as they raced all over the Botswana plains searching for prey. We had been looking for these exquisite dogs for hours, and we were delighted when they suddenly ...