Choruses of African elephant rumbles appear to become more similar in certain situations, including reuniting or coordinating ...

African elephants in the Mount Elgon area of Kenya can purposefully select certain plants when unwell. The researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (COLORADO SPRINGS) — On Thursday morning, Aug. 20, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's (CMZoo) oldest African elephant, Missy, needed ...

Learn how African elephants treat their ailments with plants and other natural materials, showing the significance of self-medication in the animal kingdom.

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 ...

Elephants can tell when a storm is approaching, even if it’s 150 miles away. Scientists hope one day to use this ability to save them from being killed by the thousands by poachers. Researchers ...

African elephants are the world's largest land mammals, with males, on average, reaching up to 3m in height and weighing up to 6 tonnes. The number of African forest elephants has fallen by more than ...

Elephants and baobabs have shared Africa’s landscapes for thousands of years. It's not always a gentle relationship and ...

Learn how shrinking habitats are isolating African elephant populations and how restoring connections could help save the species. The largest genomic study of African elephants ever conducted has ...

September 22 marks Elephant Appreciation Day, a day just for appreciating some of the biggest creatures in the animal kingdom ...