A massive hippo has made the mistake of making an elephant angry. The elephant charges and the hippos run out of the water ...

World Animal Protection organized a protest in Jackson to free the elephants at Six Flags, offers to facilitate transfer of ...

The sea off Australia's Gold Coast is remarkably calm on a winter morning. Two humpback whales move through the shallow ...

At first, plants below an elephant carcass die. Soil microbes and plants grow back soon after, but only a few select species. Herbivores later come in to munch on the nutrient-rich greens ...

An elephant’s tooth is not just large. It is built to handle a lifetime of chewing tough plants, from grass and leaves to ...

Great herds of elephants once crisscrossed Africa, and scientists have no doubt that they shaped the landscape, ecosystems ...

Elephant remains enrich soil for years, attracting grazing animals while supporting fewer kinds of plants and soil bacteria.

A "panic-stricken" elephant killed a Spanish tourist while she was bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand, police said on Monday. The 23-year-old woman was hit by the stressed animal's ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The mental well-being of three elephants in a zoo in South Africa is the subject of an unusual court case, with animal welfare groups saying they are depressed and should be ...

Corra, a 2-month-old African elephant, skipped onto the savanna for the first time at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park on Thursday morning. Within that first hour, she scampered alongside mom ...

The decision comes weeks after the death of Happy, the elephant at the center of a landmark animal rights case The Bronx Zoo is considering relocating its last elephant, Patty, to a Tennessee ...