Researchers reported that the animals are capable of making very deliberate gestures to communicate their desire for more.

Humans have long mastered the art of expressing their goals and needs through both language and gestures. A similar behavior ...

During the experiment, elephants in Zimbabwe showed an ability to change their gestures to something more elaborate when they didn’t get exactly what they wanted.

Many studies about gestures focus on primates. But elephants are another natural subject for this research because they live ...

A former zoo owner, Frank Thompson, brought Connie to the U.S. with seven other elephant babies who were orphaned in Zimbabwe in 1987 when poachers killed the adults in the herd for their tusks.

Elephants are among the most loved animals in the world. These gentle giants are loved for their peculiar antics and mild ...

Elephants aren’t just intelligent; they’re intentional. A new behavioral study reveals that African Savannah elephants use ...

Long before Tiger King exposed the controversial world of private big cat ownership, the film Roar explored the extreme ...

From DNA sequencing to fingerprint analysis, forensic scientists are using groundbreaking new tools to stop animal smugglers—one gorilla handprint at a time.

WITH his wife seated on the carrier and their one-year-old son on her back, Honest Mudenda (28) cycled 10 kilometres on a perry bike to register a birth certificate last Wednesday, a two-hour ride ...

The Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA) continues to prevent villagers from farming or herding cattle in an area marked for expansion of a national park, the U.S.-based Oakland Institute said ...