A touching video from Thailand's Elephant Nature Park shows an elephant, Faa Mai, gently placing its foot on her caretaker, Lek Chailert's lap, while ...

African elephants are known to recognize groups of humans, to test electric fences with their tusks to avoid injury, and (of course) can remember paths to resources passed down to them decades earlier ...

Elephants are known for their intelligence and social complexity, and recent observations show they might even engage in playful pranks. A new study documents Asian elephants’ skillful use of hoses ...

In recent years, as the world talks more about saving wildlife and protecting ecosystems, elephants have come to represent ...

An award-winning Canadian filmmaker is expected to address the Los Angeles City Council Friday on the cruelty of elephant captivity at the invitation of Councilman Bob Blumenfield.

When scientists study elephant communications, they often focus on females, and for seemingly good reason: Previous research had found that only females were socially integrated enough for individual ...

Cornell University’s Elephant Listening Project has been using artificial intelligence technology to track African forest elephants to safeguard them from poachers and other threats. The ELP tracks ...