DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate -- and higher -- population estimate ...

A new assessment of African Forest Elephants reveals an estimated 135,690 individuals1, with an additional 7,728 to 10,990 ...

Elephants are the largest land animals worldwide, used in tourism in several countries, and are often gentle to humans ...

Don’t call them Dumbo. African elephants can not only communicate among themselves but actually call each other by unique names while roaming around the savanna, a newly published academic study has ...

It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like ...

A $7 million, comprehensive census of African elephants has found that the population decreased by nearly a third between 2007 and 2014. The Great Elephant Census was conducted over three years, and ...

Elephants have distinct names for each other just like humans do, say researchers at Colorado State University who've been studying wild African elephants. One of the study’s authors, George Wittemyer ...

Elephants experience all of the same emotions as we human beings, and they’re not bashful about expressing these feelings. Over the course of just a few hours, elephants will clearly demonstrate ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — When it comes to the niche business of moving elephants, Dr. Amir Khalil and his team might be the best. The Egyptian veterinarian’s résumé includes possibly the most famous ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - At the Kansas Zoo and Aquarium, Zuri, a 14-year-old African Elephant, is recovering after falling ill with a strain of the life-threatening elephant endotheliotropic ...