There are many instances on social media showing people being chased by wild elephants. In one viral video, two men run down a road with an elephant in close pursuit. The men are running as fast as ...

What’s in a name? People use unique names to address each other, but we’re one of only a handful of animal species known to do that, including bottlenose dolphins. Finding more animals with names and ...

Elephants use their feet to sense vibrations in the ground. This is one of the ways that they "hear" the things happening around them. Humans and other animals actually have a similar sense. You might ...

Ferocious human-like monsters that battle hobbits and heroes in the blockbuster film “The Fellowship of the Ring” owe their voices to a serendipitous drive into the fog-swept Marin Headlands and a Bay ...

Deep, guttural calls echoes through the air, greeting visitors as they get out of their cars in the Piedras Blancas elephant seal viewpoint parking lot off Highway 1. The bulls are back on the beach ...

While live bees can be used as a deterrent to keep elephants away from farms, a new technology fills in for cases where a buzz without the sting is preferable. By Rachel Nuwer It’s a familiar, dreaded ...

South Africa has an overpopulation of the African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) within its large, fenced conservation areas. This leads to unnatural population control, including the use of ...