A study of elephants in Cambodia had a surprising but welcome outcome: a larger and more robust population than anticipated. A multinational team analysed DNA from dung samples collected by ...

Veterinarians who tried to save the animal found plastic bags and aluminum foil in its intestines during a necropsy, the Hindu reported. The trash included single-use bags and polythene snack ...

African elephants call to each other and respond to their individual names. This behavior, typical of humans, is unusual in the world of wild animals. Elephants call and answer to unique names just ...

The decline in Africa's population of forest elephants has had a direct impact on the decline of its ebony trees, a new study based in Cameroon now shows. A study published this August in the journal ...

SAN DIEGO–—Elephants are the natural carriers of a virus called Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV) that can, for yet unknown reasons, cause profound clinical signs in some young elephants ...