Three elephants at Johannesburg Zoo are at the centre of a heated legal battle as animal welfare advocates push for their ...

Researchers documented behavioral similarities between 11 rehabilitated elephants and their wild counterparts.

South Africa released 11 elephants that had spent years in captivity into protected reserves. Five years later, researchers ...

What is the African elephant? African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are slightly larger than their Asian cousins and can be identified by their larger ears that look somewhat ...

Ex-captive elephants released into the wild adapt well to wild environments, according to a study published July 29, 2026, in ...

People have had a devastating impact on African elephant and rhino numbers, but in parts of Africa we’re helping these amazing animals to recover People have had a devastating impact on African ...

Across the African continent, elephant populations have largely declined over the past several decades, but some areas show hopeful signs of recovery, according to a new study. Researchers have ...

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 ...

She was captured in Africa and brought to Portugal where she began performing in circuses in 1988. The post Circus elephant retires to sanctuary after performing for 40 years appeared first on Talker.

An African elephant named Butch samples a generous spread of watermelon, bananas, pineapple, and cantaloupe while keepers ...

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 ...

Populations of forest elephants in the epicentre of the ivory poaching crisis have declined by 62 percent in the past decade, according to a report released today by conservationists. The study, which ...