Elephants rely on visual cues to maintain consistent timing of their strides, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes For a 7,600-pound Asian elephant, simply putting one foot in front of the other can ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The harsh environment of Ethiopia’s Babile Elephant Sanctuary is characterized by intense competition for resources, particularly water and land, ...

Elephants are the largest land animals worldwide, used in tourism in several countries, and are often gentle to humans despite their gigantic sizes. However, the elephant population has fallen greatly ...

In the African bush in southern Kenya, Lucy King watched an elephant nicknamed Mohican rest under an acacia tree, seemingly nonplussed by an overhead beehive. It was 2007, and King had just published ...

In a recent video posted on Facebook by @BobOlsheske, we were treated to an up-close view of little Jet attempting to balance on a large log. Jet carefully climbs up on the lower portion and uses it ...