Conservationists have sounded the alarm for decades that habitat fragmentation is just as devastating to elephant populations ...

Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly restricted to protected areas like game reserves. The ...

The African elephant population was traditionally reliant upon the ability to move around large areas in order to preserve ...

Titan, Msholo, Kelly, and Tara are just like any other African elephants — intelligent creatures that require mental ...

Researchers analysed the genetic health of African elephants — Earth’s largest land animals — by looking at genome data for ...

Elephants are the largest land mammals on Earth that are known for their intelligence, strength and complex social behavior. While they may seem similar at first glance, Asian and African elephants ...

In the past, people enjoyed watching elephants perform tricks in circuses. Today, such entertainment has largely fallen out ...

African elephant populations are sometimes thought to differ only by the location of the animals, but, evolutionarily speaking, forest and savannah elephants are as separate genetically as Asian ...

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Zoo's largest habitat is set to open to the public in October, the zoo announced Wednesday. Elephant Trek will open to zoo visitors on Oct. 1. Zoo members will get to enjoy ...

Reid Park Zoo's expanded African elephant exhibit is still nine months away from completion, but the first of several new pachyderms already has taken up residence. Over the last six weeks two Tucson ...