Imagine being on a safari in Kenya when you stumble across a herd of elephants grazing in the grass. You see a mom and two young calves, and of course, you stop to watch the little ones. Suddenly, the ...

Feces, dung, poop: words that never fail to make a 12-year-old boy laugh. But they have no place in highly advanced scientific processes, right? Well, that’s where you’d be wrong. Researchers ...

ST. LOUISST. LOUIS — Raja the elephant has been one of the biggest attractions — literally and figuratively — at the St. Louis Zoo for decades. Now, he’s moving away. The zoo announced Thursday that ...

Elephants use their trunks for a long list of reasons: eating, drinking, smelling, socializing. But trunks have about 40,000 individual muscles — and babies have to learn to use them. “Watching baby ...

Jan. 26 (UPI) --A tiny baby elephant found itself stuck in a muddy puddle and had no way out until its family came to its rescue and saved it. Jolandi De Klerk witnessed this moment of an elephant ...

Kaikai shows the keepers she can keep up with the bigger babies by climbing up onto a rock to give herself a few extra inches ...

A bigger elephant will usually lay down or kneel down to make themselves a bit smaller to be more inviting for younger elephants. We’ve noticed that from Penzi lately.” Younger calves are also known ...

A baby elephant at Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa found itself stuck in a muddy puddle until its family came to its rescue and saved it. Photo courtesy LatestSightings.com Jan. 26 (UPI) - ...