BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. Tell them apart by their ears There are three species of ...

A change in methodology has meant that the latest estimates of India’s elephant population are not directly comparable with ...

1. Does recent research resolve once and for all whether there are two separate species of African elephant? 2. What are the conservation implications if there are two species? We would have to ...

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, as ...

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 ...

Elephants are incredibly intelligent animals that experience a remarkable emotional depth. While they can be fiercely ...

As part of the conservation process for Asian elephants, Bangladesh has taken a new step to retrieve captive elephants from ...

A study of elephants, giraffes and other wildlife in Namibia’s Etosha National Park underscores the ways in which the ...

Negative interactions are impacting on conservation activities as they erode public support for endangered species, driving ...