Elephant societies respond to death in ways that look uncannily similar to our own reactions. Here’s why it has researchers ...

Sept. 13 (UPI) --Fear is a powerful motivator. In parts of Africa, the fear of poachers has inspired new behavioral patterns among elephants. When researchers from the University of Twente, in the ...

Stories of unique and sentient interactions between elephants and their dead are a familiar part of the species' lore, but a comprehensive study of these interactions has been lacking--until now. A ...

Stories of unique and sentient interactions between elephants and their dead are a familiar part of the species' lore, but a comprehensive study of these interactions has been lacking -- until now. A ...

Elephants that live near farms are more daring than their deep-forest counterparts, and that behavior could be the key to helping people and elephants get along. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ASHEBORO, N.C. — Katherine Kastl knows the ...

Katherine Kastl knows the elephants at the North Carolina Zoo quite well. This summer she spent 100 hours observing the herd's behavior and social interactions. So, for instance, two elephants might ...

A Thai elephant checks out a cattle brush in an experiment showing that elephants living near farms are more interested in exploring unfamiliar objects — a curiosity that may put them in harm’s way.

Elephants are considered a sacred totem by many in northwestern Zimbabwe, but they also frequently raid villagers’ crops near harvest time, says Agripa Ngorima, who has studied attitudes toward ...

In southern India, communities are having frightening run-ins with wildlife. Across villages near Bannerghatta National Park, elephants are moving in ways they never have before — traveling far from ...