Everybody is fascinated by elephants, and for good reason. They may be the largest mammals walking on earth, but their gentle demeanor, focus on family and their young, and the strong bonds they ...

Elephants have distinct names for each other just like humans do, say researchers at Colorado State University who've been studying wild African elephants. One of the study’s authors, George Wittemyer ...

Populations of the African forest and savanna elephant have declined sharply. The populations of Africa's elephants are now in more danger than they ever have been. The African forest elephant is now ...

But the Biden administration’s long-awaited rules are fueling fierce debates over protection of the species both at home and abroad. The Fish and Wildlife Service finalized new rules Friday intended ...

Don’t call them Dumbo. African elephants can not only communicate among themselves but actually call each other by unique names while roaming around the savanna, a newly published academic study has ...