Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are roughly 3,800 captive elephants in Thailand. nong2/Getty Images In Thailand, it’s very easy to encounter an elephant.

Ethical tourism has been gaining traction for years. One of the attractions that has consistently made headlines for all the ...

CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) Guests volunteering at the Elephant Nature Park don't have phone service or television, and Internet access is limited to a single area. But what they get instead of TV is ...

A two-year-old elephant that was forced to perform tricks to entertain tourists three times a day at a zoo in Thailand, has died after his back legs snapped. The animal had been trying to support ...

If you ever get an opportunity to go to Thailand, chances are you'll come home with a souvenir with the country's national animal on it…the Asian elephant. Elephants are more than a point of pride in ...

BANGKOK – Buddhist monks in Thailand on Friday blessed twin baby elephants, one male and the other female, a week after their rare birth came close to being a tragedy. Their mother, Chamchuri, gave ...

In a bid to prevent human confrontations, which can turn deadly, Thailand is administering birth control vaccines to wild ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try and curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other — an issue in areas ...

Mary Jo DiLonardo is a Georgia-based writer and editor, specializing in wildlife, health, pets, and sustainability. Her work has appeared in publications including WebMD, Atlanta Magazine, and Ladies' ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. BANGKOK (AP) — Buddhist monks in Thailand on ...

Thailand Elephant Contraception This photo released by Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation shows a wild elephant after it received an elephant contraception vaccine ...