What roils beneath Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In fact, ...

The Louisville Zoo honored its cherished elephants Mikki and Punch this weekend, inviting the community for a special tribute.

Pupy the elephant has arrived at her new home in a sanctuary in Mato Grosso, Brazil, following a 2,700-kilometer journey from a zoo converted into an ecological park in Argentina’s capital where she h ...

Elephants play an important role in the ecosystem. Researchers make promising discovery while studying elephant DNA: 'We are ...

Prepare to be surprised—what you’re seeing is called an elephant shrew, and despite what its name suggests, it has more in ...

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park captured a video of African elephants forming a protective circle around their young — an instinctive behavior known as an “alert circle.” The response was triggered by a ...

An unusual convoy neared Argentina's lush border with Brazil on Tuesday, after snaking through traffic-snarled roads for ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The baby boom continues at the Sedgwick County Zoo. On Tuesday, the zoo announced the birth of another African elephant calf, just four days after the birth of Bomani on April ...

Ndlula, Umngani and Khosi — scramble to encircle and shield the two 7-year-old calves, Zuli and Mkhaya, from any possible ...

Elephants are creatures of habit, and they typically don’t show up here at the Mushara waterhole in Namibia’s Etosha National ...

During a 5.2-magnitude earthquake in Southern California, a herd of African elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park displayed remarkable protective ...